Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] [adj] action " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gould has threatened to take legal action and has written to the Prime Minister claiming his civil liberties were infringed . |
| 2 | THE Taoiseach , Albert Reynolds , has threatened to take disciplinary action against Fianna Fail backbenchers who criticise his Northern Ireland policy . |
| 3 | Royal Dutch Post Horn Lager , brewed by the United Dutch Brewery , has had to take similar action , recalling 200,000 of its 25ml bottles in Britain after reports of glass in some batches . |
| 4 | How much of a threat this posed to those drapers who themselves furnished funerals is not recorded , but as none appear to have taken legal action , it can only be assumed that they too had dealings with these manufacturers whilst continuing to offer a funeral service to the general public . |
| 5 | Jeff Dujon has tried to take evasive action from a ball that has climbed from just short of a length , but has gloved it . |
| 6 | 90% of the 300 MPs lobbied promised to take positive action including asking Parliamentary Questions , writing to Sir George Young , the Housing Minister and visiting local housing projects within their constituencies . |
| 7 | It is almost certain that he would have had to take evasive action to miss Roddymoor 's houses and likely too that he tried to make a pond to douse the licking flames . |
| 8 | We suspect that this will be of great concern to many sports clubs and organisations throughout the United Kingdom and you might wish to consider taking appropriate action to make your views known on this matter . |
| 9 | In an earlier ultimatum , issued on Aug. 6 , 1990 , the ANC had threatened to halt the constitutional talks unless the government had freed all political prisoners by April 30 , as provided for in the " Pretoria Minute " accord by which the ANC had agreed to suspend armed action [ see p. 37642 ] . |
| 10 | The majority of members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have voted to take industrial action over their workload . |
| 11 | Only workers at Leyland-DAF 's Albion works in Glasgow , which lost 67 jobs from a total of 550 in Friday 's jobs-cuts announcement , have voted to take industrial action , but it is highly unlikely they will strike . |
| 12 | Only workers at Leyland-DAF 's Albion works in Glasgow , which lost 67 jobs from a total of 550 in Friday 's jobs-cuts announcement , have voted to take industrial action , but it is highly unlikely they will strike . |