Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] for [adj] action " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the second of these meetings Attlee stressed that the strategic arguments about the Middle East were not valid because no country would be willing to grant bases for military action , and all Britain would achieve would be to pose a needless and pointless threat to the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | Many geographers have never been deeply concerned with ultimate objectives of social character , and some would sincerely regard efforts to provide directives for human action as presumptuous and arrogant . |
| 3 | Moreover , a central registry of convictions is kept to enable the Office of Fair Trading to identify businesses for possible action . |
| 4 | It is worth noting , too , that recent British labour legislation has led to an increasing use of the law in industrial disputes by BR management : notably to claim damages for industrial action carried out without a workforce ballot , and to obtain injunctions to prevent the NUR from blacking new equipment . |
| 5 | At this afternoon 's meeting the government heard calls for concerted action against Norway which produces as much salmon as the rest of Europe put together . |
| 6 | Experience has also shown that adherence to the design programme is more likely to be achieved if discussions and decisions at progress meetings are confirmed to refining plans for future action , drawing on lessons learnt from past experiences . |
| 7 | At this afternoon 's meeting the government will hear calls for concerted action against Norway which produces as much salmon as the rest of Europe put together . |
| 8 | In addition , because of the commitment to long-term action , the Task Force tried to produce and develop plans for follow-up action throughout the region , and to ensure that the results would be used locally . |
| 9 | ( He also disliked travelling mattes for live action , as being too artificial , preferring front and rear projection . |
| 10 | Both the Asian and the North American participants issued public letters to each other outlining plans for future action to be taken in their respective regions . |
| 11 | Stage Two involves the project team , senior officers and a representative group of heads in analysing the evaluation results from Stage One and from these , formulating proposals for future action at County level . |
| 12 | But most ballots endorsed proposals for industrial action and all of the union ballots held in 1985 on maintaining a political fund overwhelmingly endorsed the idea . |
| 13 | The League campaigns for legal reform and provides funds for legal action against trespassing hunts and the purchase of sanctuaries . |
| 14 | INVESTORS are exploring whether they have grounds for legal action against MTM , the troubled chemicals group whose value has collapsed from £256 million in February to £22 million . |