Example sentences of "[noun sg] to take [noun] against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People in Grangetown , Middlesbrough , have been granted legal aid to take action against the area 's main employers , British Steel and ICI , because of an alleged link between high levels of asthma and local pollution levels . |
| 2 | One reason for this reluctance to take action against the process of monopolization is the difficulty of distinguishing acceptable and unacceptable behaviour . |
| 3 | One day he reported that the defence had claimed that partisan warfare was contrary to the Hague Convention , that the Germans therefore had every right to take reprisals against the partisans , and that any excesses on their part were explained if not justified by their horror of what the partisans did . |
| 4 | Cleveland trading standards officer Eric Robinson who collated a file of complaints against SureStyle , said they wanted the Office of Fair Trading to take action against the directors of SureStyle to ensure they as individuals did not pursue these sales tactics in the future . |
| 5 | China is angry over Hong Kong people 's support for the democracy movement and some see the border dispute as an attempt by Peking to press the government to take action against the Hong Kong Alliance , a political group that has provided financial support to China 's democracy movement . |
| 6 | The military used the event as an excuse to take action against the PKI , and as many as 500,000 people named as communists and left-wing sympathizers were killed by the end of 1965 . |
| 7 | Another crucial component for a successful campaign against racial violence is the councils ability to take action against the perpetrators , as an expression of its political will to combat racial harassment . |