Example sentences of "[adj] action by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any heavyhanded action by the frontier armed forces could place her remaining supporters in a sensitive position . |
| 2 | Izvestiya of Oct. 19 reported that prompt action by the town Soviet in Ust-Kamenogorsk in eastern Kazakhstan had prevented an escalation into large-scale violence following an incident on Oct. 14-15 , when visiting Chechens were suspected of murdering four Kazakhs . |
| 3 | Since the report is expected to form the basis for an investigation and possible action by the Serious Fraud Office , it is highly unlikely that it will be published in full . |
| 4 | Some European legislation , e.g. directives , requires further legislative or administrative action by the authorities of member states for it to become effective . |
| 5 | ‘ Assuming the worst ’ means measuring each action by the smallest entry in the corresponding row . |
| 6 | This committee and other activists opposed prospecting by planning objections , public meetings and demonstrations , political lobbying and direct action by the local landowners in the areas being prospected . |
| 7 | Others allege that the elite theorists justified direct action by the masses outside parliamentary or legal channels , and encouraged an irrational doctrine of total subordination to the leader , two prominent components of fascist ideology ( Mannheim , 1936 , p. 119 ) . |
| 8 | Slovenia announced on June 17 that if the customs war intensified it would employ its own customs officials , but it reportedly backed down after a threat of direct action by the FEC . |
| 9 | For Keynesians , persistently high unemployment rates are an indication that the labour market is not clearing , that there is chronic excess supply in the labour market , and that some action by the monetary and fiscal authorities may eventually be warranted . |
| 10 | ‘ The committee endorses this action by the licensing authority ’ , Goldberg 's letter goes on , ‘ and considers that , in the light of the apparent safety hazard , suspension of the licence is appropriate at the present time ’ . |
| 11 | This action by the creditor set in motion the issuing , by the clerk , of a writ or summons which was formally delivered to an officer of the Chief Bailiff who served it on the defendant at his house . |
| 12 | This action by the Social Work Department only served to compound the trauma the children were experiencing being removed from their homes and families at all . |
| 13 | ( a ) Where there has been oppressive , arbitrary or unconstitutional action by the servants of the government , or ( b ) Where the defendant 's conduct has been calculated by him to make a profit for himself which might exceed the compensation otherwise payable . |
| 14 | Harlequins ' prompt 30-day suspension of the Wallaby World Cup forward , which forestalled any further action by the powers-that-be , did lead to him sitting out the loss to Northampton in the league ( although few of Quins ' other internationals played anyway ) . |
| 15 | If an appeal to France was subsequently made , a system of agreed delays in hearing at Paris , until further action by the ducal courts in Aquitaine had been taken , was instituted . |
| 16 | In practice , the minister has only once had to issue such a directive ( when the Conservatives after 1951 stopped any further action by the Iron and Steel Board ) as these reserve powers are quite sufficient to make the boards listen carefully to any suggestions made in a less formal manner by the minister . |
| 17 | They invaded the bridge , but were dissuaded from further action by the captain . |
| 18 | Once negotiations began on short-range forces ( after the signature of a CFE treaty ) , NATO would propose , in return for reciprocal action by the Soviet Union , the elimination of all its nuclear artillery shells from Europe . |
| 19 | Kerry delivered a letter from US President George Bush to President Le Duc Anh of Vietnam which , he said , set out a " road map " for normalizing US-Vietnamese relations and " expressed very directly that the co-operation from Vietnam will be met by reciprocal action by the United States " . |
| 20 | The other is about the absorption of individual action by the system of rules governing it . |
| 21 | He told shareholders the latest sums were £33,000 in settlement of a civil action by the club — £15,000 of that the cost of an audit investigation — and £838 in a case involving credit cards . |
| 22 | Without such action by the judge , Intel would have to wait for the new 80287 trial to be completed before the company could file any appeal . |
| 23 | In Britain rate and poll-tax capping are obvious examples of such action by the centre . |
| 24 | The increasing crush of legislative efforts and the convenience to the Executive of a refuge to the device of Orders in Council would increase th[e] danger [ of transition to arbitrary government ] tenfold were the judiciary to approach any such action by the Government in a spirit of compliance rather than of independent scrutiny . |
| 25 | On June 21 a pastoral letter signed by all the country 's Catholic prelates warned against extrajudicial action by the authorities and remarked that " the superiority of the party over the authority of parliament seems to be an accomplished fact " . |
| 26 | The skills of counsellors are ultimately judged by the extent to which they are successful in facilitating personal action by the counsellees in dealing with life problems . |
| 27 | Having evaded the other Fiats , Taylour headed for the carrier with his wounded TAG , where only prompt and skilful action by the ‘ Ark 's , surgeon prevented the loss of Howard 's leg . |
| 28 | There are those who argue that the signs of a recovery obviate any additional action by the administration to boost the economy . |
| 29 | After this assault Mosley reputedly was forced to discipline his own followers in order to maintain order in the BUF , and to discourage further acts of violence which invited retaliatory action by the authorities . |
| 30 | Security chiefs expressed fears that retaliatory action by the IRA could create a sectarian war . |