Example sentences of "[vb past] for action " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , he appealed for action in a field he wished to make his own , the " war on poverty " . |
| 2 | On March 19 the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) appealed for action to " avert a major nutritional crisis " , warning of possible starvation in Iraq if measures were not taken quickly to distribute foodstuffs . |
| 3 | EUROPE 'S next cultural capital , successor to Athens , Florence , Amsterdam , Paris and West Berlin , yesterday prepared for action in 1990 , writes Peter Hetherington . |
| 4 | He called for action to tackle the difficulties without ‘ shaming the reputation of this country and infringing the civil liberties of a few helpless people whose only sin has been to seek freedom and our protection ’ . |
| 5 | He called for action on two fronts : |
| 6 | He longed for action , yearned to be trusted with high responsibilities , to undertake prodigious feats requiring a cool head , a stout heart and nerves of steel . |
| 7 | Gordon set for action in a flash |