Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] take [adj] action " in BNC.
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| 1 | Article 4 requires that persons or organisations with a legitimate interest must have the opportunity to take legal action against breaches of the ban . |
| 2 | The Board takes necessary action on the basis of these figures . |
| 3 | He is calling for shoppers to boycott Star Discount and wants the council to take legal action against the company . |
| 4 | The Iranian government , influenced perhaps by its approaching presidential election , thought this the moment to take muscular action against the irritant . |
| 5 | It recognises the need to take remedial action when poor general performance is alleged — but its inability to do so has , I believe , brought its regulatory function into disrepute . |
| 6 | Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said that for Saddam Hussein it was no longer a matter of saving face but that he must save his country and the world by avoiding war ; if Iraq were to harm a single Soviet national , his government reserved the right to take appropriate action . |
| 7 | A survey of 2,000 federation members had shown that 48pc believed police should have the right to take industrial action . |
| 8 | Midland is a member of the Ombudsman scheme and we have agreed to accept his decision , although you still have the right to take legal action if you wish to do so . |
| 9 | The banks have agreed to accept his awards , although you yourself retain the right to take legal action if you do not accept his decision . |
| 10 | In New Zealand , an unlikely coalition of government scientists , harbour boards , fishermen , and environmental groups pressured the government to take firm action to resist the invasion of the drift-netters . |
| 11 | Britain 's shadow food minister , Elliot Morley , called on the government to take firm action to protect UK food exporters from ‘ intolerable ’ obstruction and intimidation from French fisherman . |
| 12 | Also alleging rape and torture , Amnesty urged the government to take urgent action against the security forces . |
| 13 | Now the POA wants the Government to take urgent action . |
| 14 | The government took legal action against a retired general , Alejandro Medina Lois , who had publicly accused Aylwin of " hypocrisy " . |
| 15 | One Tory veteran , the former headmaster Sir Rhodes Boyson , warned that vigilantes could appear to take the law into their own hands unless the Government took drastic action . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , the MP whose constituency covers Castlemorton Common is demanding that the Government take strong action against the travellers . |
| 17 | People have rather forgotten about it , although that does n't stop the government taking legal action against former agents who want to write about it . ’ |
| 18 | When will the Government take decisive action and end the hell of a mess in that section of industry ? |
| 19 | The possibility of obtaining damages from the state is particularly essential where , as in the present case , the full effect of Community provisions is conditional on the state taking certain action , and , in consequence , in the absence of such action being taken , individuals can not rely on the rights accorded to them by Community law before national courts . |
| 20 | At the end of November the Executive took similar action against the ILP candidate in East Renfrew who had declined to accept the new Standing Orders of the Parliamentary Labour Party . |
| 21 | Sometimes it is unclear whether misconduct is sufficiently linked to the job to entitle the employer to take disciplinary action . |
| 22 | The newspaper 's report of its contents constituted such a serious slur on professional care staff that a number of senior physicians at the hospital took legal action against the publishing company . |
| 23 | Social services departments have the power to take legal action if they are concerned about your child 's welfare . |
| 24 | This is the stage to take decisive action , because by ignoring this threat gesture , you are merely acquiescing to the dog s challenge , and adopting a subordinate position . |
| 25 | ‘ There was a need to take strong action . |
| 26 | ( In practice , the differences are not that great : " presidential wars " have been waged without a congressional declaration of war , while in Britain a government taking military action abroad will seek the consent of Parliament . ) |
| 27 | If the ownership of rivers and lakes were as well de fined as houses and factories , then the law of tort and contract would ensure that their owners were in a position to take legal action against any company which pumped effluent into them . |
| 28 | As compared with a ‘ profit maximisation within the law ’ regime , this may in some areas lead to outcomes which are more efficient from a social point of view , as where a company takes voluntary action to internalise external costs . |
| 29 | require a solicitor to take specific action , such as compliance with an undertaking ; |