Example sentences of "[been] taken against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The questions , listed for today in the Commons order paper , ask whether the fraud squad had the copy , if any disciplinary action had been taken against any officer and whether criminal inquiries are being pursued . |
| 2 | A Scotland Yard spokesman said no disciplinary action had been taken against any officers and that nobody had been suspended . |
| 3 | People had been condemned without any rights to attend the tribunals , to have legal representation , to judicial review , or even to know why decisions had been taken against them . |
| 4 | The portrait had been taken against a painted canvas studio backdrop depicting a road winding across chalk hills beneath a summer sky ; the stage property milestone against which the soldier had been posed , leaning , bore the inscription ; to France . |
| 5 | By March 1992 , no legal action had been taken against those responsible . |
| 6 | Two fans were charged with public order offences , but a police spokesman confirmed that no action had been taken against Speedie . |
| 7 | They also point out that no action has been taken against their bowlers by any of England 's leading umpires . |
| 8 | No action has been taken against those responsible for the shootings or to introduce any official regulations on the use of firearms by law enforcement personnel . |
| 9 | So far no action has been taken against travellers refusing requests to stub-out their cigarettes , and the campaign group is waiting to see what the next move will be . |
| 10 | Bankruptcy proceedings appear to have been taken against the plaintiffs by B.M.T. Receiving orders were made against them in the county court but , on appeal , these orders were , it is said , rescinded on terms which are not stated but which are said to have been fulfilled . |
| 11 | The letter expressed the CPSU 's ‘ deep anxiety for the fate of socialism in Poland ’ , regretted that the necessary measures had not been taken against domestic anti-Soviet and anti-socialist forces , and called upon the Polish party to ‘ reverse the course of events and channel them in the right direction ’ . |
| 12 | What safeguards have been taken against the same thing happening in Scotland ? |
| 13 | This is an emotive case , which has been subject to a full investigation by the special investigation branch of the Royal Military Police , and disciplinary action has been taken against the soldier in relation to the allegations . |
| 14 | Troops were deployed in the province for the first time on Feb. 1 , and on Feb. 2 the government used low-flying jets over Pristina in a show of force ; at this time no military action had been taken against the demonstrators . |
| 15 | To date no action has been taken against the neighbours . |
| 16 | Mr Riley said the dividend decision had been taken against a background of worldwide recession , continuing soft US insurance market conditions , contraction of London 's insurance market and falling interest rates . |
| 17 | The P&O chairman , Lord Sterling , said the decision to sell Sutcliffe , which was UK-based , had been taken against a background of the need to increase the board 's focus on the international nature of the group . |