Example sentences of "[adj] action [is] to be " in BNC.

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1 The central theme of hermeneutics , that action is to be understood from within , suggests that causal explanation is of interest only where people ( like physicists ) use causal explanation and that this is a fact about them , not about nature .
2 His report will be passed to the Area Manager , who will decide whether any further action is to be taken .
3 " We are of the opinion that if such action is to be imposed , it should also involve temperate timber , " he added .
4 When no legal action is to be taken the local authority must consider whether it would be appropriate to review the case at a later stage and , if so , it must fix a review date ( s37(6) ) .
5 If we now ask how we could discover that all action is to be explained in non-intentional terms , and at the same time take the point that it could not be non-intentional in the way that mad or childish behaviour is , it seems that we should have to come to see all action quite differently .
6 Every hospital should have a policy giving a guidance as to what immediate action is to be taken by staff and who to inform and involve when a patient is absent without leave ( Mental Health Act Code of Practice , at paras .
7 By consequentialist he means that the moral value or justification of any action is to be found in its consequences , and by eudaemonistic he means that actions are justified when , as a consequence of those actions , people get what they want or what they prefer .
8 DISCIPLINARY action is to be taken against 11 rail workers after the official report into the Clapham Junction train crash criticised British Rail for allowing working practices to slip to ‘ unacceptable and dangerous ’ levels .
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