Example sentences of "took the unprecedented [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took the unprecedented step of going public on the issue , an action of which Whyte does not sufficiently stress the importance . |
| 2 | When Warner Bros , the company with which she had signed an exclusive long-term contract , squandered her potential during the Thirties in a series of amusing but , for her , unfulfilling potboilers ( eg Fashions of 1934 , The Big Shakedown , Jimmy the Gent , Fog over Frisco ) , she took the unprecedented step of departing for England , where she could continue working outside of American jurisdiction . |
| 3 | THE Government yesterday took the unprecedented step of releasing more confidential correspondence between Lord Young and British Aerospace , revealing new details of secret tax breaks and private concessions given by ministers over the Rover deal . |
| 4 | In the summer , the two sides took the unprecedented step in the Warsaw Pact of recalling their two ambassadors . |
| 5 | MANY passengers on a Northwest Airlines flight from Paris to Detroit , due to leave soon after noon today , cancelled their reservations yesterday after the American airline took the unprecedented step of revealing a bomb threat . |
| 6 | Realizing that they had a fight for Naval survival on their hands , the Admiralty took the unprecedented step of ‘ going public ’ to win support of opinion-makers , politicians , industrialists , and Commonwealth representatives in London . |
| 7 | Earlier this month Britain 's Civil Aviation Authority took the unprecedented step of ordering British Airways to surrender some of its slots at Tokyo 's Narita airport to Virgin Atlantic , a small British competitor . |
| 8 | So intense did the criticism become that Mr Stringer , who has been connected as player , coach and now manager with Norwich for almost 30 years , took the unprecedented step of going on national radio to defend himself and his players . |
| 9 | At five past two Franco took the unprecedented step of refusing to serve him any more wine . |
| 10 | To bring a level of order and modesty to Fleck 's life Norwich took the unprecedented step of paying him an allowance of only £29 per week and preserving the remainder of his salary to pay off the debts . |
| 11 | The House of Representatives took the unprecedented step of citing Burford for ‘ contempt of Congress ’ — a charge that , if proved , could put her behind bars . |
| 12 | Such was the potency of this issue that the Tories took the unprecedented step of having their leaflets on heterosexism translated into Greek , to appeal to the Labour-voting Cypriot voters . |
| 13 | Kiwi manager Ian Taylor took the unprecedented step of telling the world what had happened because he wanted the ICC to investigate Pakistan . |
| 14 | In July 1991 AI took the unprecedented step of urging the United Nations ( UN ) to establish an international on-site human rights monitoring operation in Iraq to prevent torture , killings and other abuses by government forces . |
| 15 | In terms of value , less than 40% of the items belonging to Polish-born French industrialist Leon Anlen were sold according to Tajan , who took the unprecedented step of ordering a blackout on all information about the sale both to journalists and even to the central press service of Drouot salerooms . |
| 16 | In 1979 and 1980 , Zeng spent his summers on cycling holidays to Hangzhou and Shanghai , and the following year he took the unprecedented step of applying to his work unit for extended leave to travel , even threatening to resign if his wishes were not granted . |
| 17 | When the Duke died of dropsy in 1827 , his financial affairs were in such a state that his executors took the unprecedented step of placing his chattels up at public auction , entrusting the sale to the young James Christie . |
| 18 | The six Hong Kong members of the BLDC subcommittee took the unprecedented step of publicly announcing their disapproval of the subcommittee 's proposals . |
| 19 | Christian churches throughout Jerusalem , Israel proper and the occupied territories took the unprecedented step of closing in protest for the whole day of April 27 , and the controversy encouraged an improvement in relations between the normally conservative Greek Orthodox community and Palestinian Christians ; the Middle East International of April 27 reported that , soon after the Jews took over the hospice , a Palestinian flag had been raised on a nearby Greek Orthodox Church . |
| 20 | Although Cossiga was not empowered to remove Galloni from office , he took the unprecedented step of declaring that Galloni could no longer exercise powers delegated by the President ( who was ex officio President of the CSM ) . |
| 21 | Julie Hall , Neil Kinnock 's press secretary , took the unprecedented step of stating publicly that she did not leak the name . |
| 22 | But his comments caused outrage at the Civic Theatre where the director , Mr Bryan Goddard , took the unprecedented step of taking out an advert to counter the claims . |
| 23 | By that time , the test was coming under heavy criticism from the trade bodies , including the Scottish Motor Trade Association , which took the unprecedented step of arranging special insurance cover to protect its members against possible damage claims . |
| 24 | Faced with that counter-attack , Murray stubbornly refused repeated appeals to simply say under which Law he took the unprecedented action . |