Example sentences of "[vb past] an action [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988 the plaintiff commenced an action for damages on the ground of negligence against the defendant health authority . |
| 2 | The plaintiff , a local authority , brought an action for damages for libel against the defendants in respect of certain newspaper articles which made allegations in relation to share dealings involving the investment of moneys from the local authority 's superannuation fund , sometimes by a complex series of deals , in companies connected with or controlled by a businessman . |
| 3 | The plaintiffs brought an action for damages against the defendants for , inter alia , conspiracy to defraud the plaintiffs by the obtaining of inflated fees and commission payments in respect of a number of property transactions conducted by the defendants on the plaintiffs ' behalf . |
| 4 | ‘ A workman , who had been injured through the breaking of a defective part in the machine with which he was working , brought an action of damages against his employers , and later convened as second defenders the manufacturers of the machine , who had supplied it to his employers , on averments to the effect that the accident had been caused by the fault of the manufacturers in that they failed to supply his employers with a machine which was safe for use by their servants . |
| 5 | Bowaters told the plaintiffs and they brought an action against officers of the unions to which the drivers and loaders belonged . |