Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] action [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 2 | Daily Mail journalists voted for industrial action over plans not to recognise the National Union of Journalists in a postal ballot . |
| 3 | Emphasising that the aid weapon helped to encourage liberalisation in Kenya , Britain and America are pushing for tough action in Paris to mellow Malawi 's life president , Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda . |
| 4 | President , I 've , er , had lots of advice from my colleagues as to how to respond to the comments of the shop stewards er , I can only respond and say thank you very much indeed for the kind things they 've said particularly , erm , specific point that 's been raised on the industry from my colleagues that are from the Midlands and East Coast the situation currently is that , er , we have decided to ballot for industrial action in E C C and the T & G have decided to ballot for industrial action in , I think its . |
| 5 | President , I 've , er , had lots of advice from my colleagues as to how to respond to the comments of the shop stewards er , I can only respond and say thank you very much indeed for the kind things they 've said particularly , erm , specific point that 's been raised on the industry from my colleagues that are from the Midlands and East Coast the situation currently is that , er , we have decided to ballot for industrial action in E C C and the T & G have decided to ballot for industrial action in , I think its . |
| 6 | In New York the Bosnian Serbs hinted that they would walk out of the peace talks if the Security Council called for military action to ground their aircraft . |
| 7 | The conference called for mass action in support of a transitional government and for a constitutional assembly to negotiate the new constitution . |
| 8 | The Labour and Socialist International had issued a declaration on 19 February calling for joint action between the German Social Democrats and Communists to defeat Hitler . |
| 9 | The mobilisation of the militias has been accompanied by letters in the press , supposedly from members , calling for tough action against ‘ subversive provocation ’ and vowing to ‘ stop these counter-revolutionary actions for once and for all - with weapons if need be ’ . |
| 10 | HUNDREDS of signatures have been collected in a petition calling for swift action on the Skelton and Brotton Hospital . |
| 11 | Here he calls for unified action from education and industry to ensure that the UK 's future professionals are not left in the cold . |
| 12 | US panel calls for urgent action on global warming |
| 13 | It is also distributed for appropriate action to subject committees . |
| 14 | Friends of the Earth contacted the European Commission asking for legal action in relation to the Drinking Water Directive , because from 5 to 21 March the plant produced water with excess aluminium levels . |
| 15 | Even the Diet did not immediately call for offensive action against Russia , but it decided to do so when the tsar refused to negotiate on the basis of anything less than abject Polish submission . |
| 16 | He called for concerted action by governors head teachers and teachers to erm make sure that er young people appreciate the importance of having a set of values recognize the values held by others from whom they can learn . |
| 17 | At a press conference in Belfast today the group also called for immediate action on measures which the Opsahl report had shown enjoyed widespread support , such as the immediate introduction of a Bill of Rights . |
| 18 | Call for fact-finding action on effect of council tax |
| 19 | Harry Pollitt reported to the Central Committee of the Party in January 1936 that : We fight to affiliate as an organised Party , campaigning for united action on the part of all workers organisations , for a change of policy that corresponds to the desires of the Labour Party members , and that also opens up the perspective of realising at a later stage one united working class political party . |
| 20 | The early 1860s saw the first of a whole series of underground organizations designed to spread populist propaganda and prepare for revolutionary action against the regime . |
| 21 | The text provides for joint action in foreign policy , building on what was already agreed in the Single European Act . |