Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] [adj] action " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour leader John Smith bluntly told the Commons : ‘ The time has now come for effective international action . ’ |
| 2 | The newsletter added later : ‘ Italy , Korea , Poland , the Philippines and Turkey are newly targeted for possible 301 action as a result of extensive piracy and ongoing failure to provide an acceptable level of protection . ’ |
| 3 | The French , for their part , were interested only in American help to achieve some honourable compromise in Indo-China , whereas the militants in Washington were looking for combined military action to inflict a decisive defeat on the communists . |
| 4 | The United Kingdom Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , speaking at the opening of the new Hadley Centre for climate prediction and research in Bracknell , Berkshire , on May 25 , called for urgent international action to combat the greenhouse effect . |
| 5 | The Bishop of Oxford is calling for tough military action to end the suffering in the former Yugoslavia . |
| 6 | Calling for positive political action from local parties and the Irish government , he said that agreement on a basis for formal negotiation was " close and attainable " but that the constitutional parties involved needed to demonstrate their political will . |
| 7 | Ms Sciolla says the society 's situation reflects the need for a ‘ cultural policy ’ for the city at State level to allow for rapid flexible action to keep places such as the society from disappearing . |
| 8 | At first , however , it focused upon the need to settle inter-union disputes and it only gradually acquired the right to call for joint industrial action from Congress . |
| 9 | Provided they honestly and reasonably form the opinion that there is a real risk of a breach of the peace in the sense that it is in close proximity both in place and time , then the conditions exist for reasonable preventive action including , if necessary , the measures taken in this case . ’ |