Example sentences of "action [is] to be [vb pp] " 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 Once the request and the particulars of claim have been filed and the appropriate fee paid , the district judge must enter a plaint in the court record and , for a fixed date action , fix a return day on which the pre-trial review is to take place or the action is to be heard .
3 " We are of the opinion that if such action is to be imposed , it should also involve temperate timber , " he added .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 In F v West Berkshire Health Authority [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 545 , Lord Goff stated : where the state of affairs is permanent or semi-permanent , as … in the case of a mentally disordered person … there is no point in waiting to obtain the patient 's consent … the doctor must act in the best interests of his patient , just as if he had received his patient 's consent so to do … the lawfulness of the doctor 's action is to be found in the principle of necessity … the doctor must act in accordance with a responsible and competent body of relevant professional opinion … it may be good practice to consult relatives and others who are concerned with the care of the patient .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The difficulty is , of course , that no-one knows whether an action is to be taken under the Optional Procedure until the Summons is served and it must , therefore , be assumed in all claims that there is a possibility that the Optional Procedure will be issued .
10 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) ) .
11 His report will be passed to the Area Manager , who will decide whether any further action is to be taken .
12 Figure 2.17 illustrates the half-word data transfer operations on the DEC PDP- 10 computer , together with the variations which specify what action is to be performed on the other half of the destination word .
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