Example sentences of "[v-ing] any action " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enthusiasts however , may have to be gently discouraged from making too many demands on your time and that when you ask a question you are not automatically expecting any action . |
| 2 | Until now , at least publicly , the society has played down the level of anxiety ; it has resisted taking any action that could be seen as anti-government . |
| 3 | He also promised to speak to Mr Kinnock before taking any action . |
| 4 | Describing NAB 's decision as ‘ outrageous ’ , Bond Corporation is today applying for a restraining order to prevent the receivers taking any action until a full court hearing on Tuesday . |
| 5 | She was incapable of taking any action without seeking justification from her compliant husband . |
| 6 | In the eighties , a secret cabinet committee under William Whitelaw considered further ideas for reform , including joint Lords/Commons committees , and dividing the Lords into voting and non-voting peers , but again they ducked out of taking any action . |
| 7 | Police , who were forced to intervene , said later they would not be taking any action . |
| 8 | This is rather a complex area , so before taking any action you are strongly advised to consult an accountant . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , outposts of the NHS Management Executive , which are supposed to monitor trusts , have proved totally ineffectual in taking any action on this matter . |
| 10 | What has happened since December , leading to the Bill that we are debating , shows clearly that the Government were more interested in grabbing the headlines about repossessions than in taking any action to stem the flow of repossessions . |
| 11 | Solicitors are therefore advised to await confirmation of cover before taking any action with regard to related proceedings . |
| 12 | The Sports Council has confirmed that Andrew Saxton CAN take part , if selected , but it has attacked weighlifting 's ruling body for not taking any action against Saxton . |
| 13 | He said he was not injured and would not be taking any action about the incident . |
| 14 | So they 're not taking any action against the chap for shooting the dog but now they 're , they 're watching the other chap for causing disturbances ! |
| 15 | Too often students go straight from school to college and on to university without seeing any action resulting from their studies . |
| 16 | Shortly before this , the GCC foreign ministers had met in Riyadh and issued a communiqué : ( a ) ‘ drawing attention to the threats issued by Iran against member states [ which ] … created a climate of tension … helping to shake the security and stability of the region ’ ; and ( b ) affirming ‘ the adherence of its member states to the policy of preserving the region 's neutrality and resisting any action liable to carry the Gulf into the cycle of international rivalry ’ . |
| 17 | In order to encourage your child to act in a way in which he has seldom or never before behaved , take your child through mini-steps towards a goal by rewarding any action that approximates the behaviour you want . |
| 18 | As a result local authorities have been requested to take into consideration the following Code of Practice : ‘ Control of Smells from the Animal Waste Processing Industry ’ when contemplating any action they might take in order to reduce odour nuisance , and to be aware of the Reports of the Working Party on the Suppression of Odours from Offensive and Selected Other Trades , which gives guidance on the best practicable means for dealing with odours . |
| 19 | To avoid missing any action , I 've moved inside , from the wing to the rear-view mirror . |
| 20 | However , MacArthur doubted whether the Soviet Union would attack Japan — ‘ Even if the Soviet Government had aggressive intentions towards her it would be incapable of carrying them out , unless it could secure mastery of the air and either had a Far Eastern fleet of its own or possessed the means of neutralising any action by our own fleet . ’ |
| 21 | As a result , it is an established convention that the Scottish and Welsh Offices consult their Whitehall opposite numbers ( and vice versa ) before proposing any action which could be the thin end of an undesirable wedge for the other ministry . |