Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of public concern about violence and indiscipline in schools and the problems faced by the teaching profession today , to consider what action can be taken by central government , local authorities , voluntary bodies owning schools , governing bodies of schools , head teachers , teachers and parents to secure the orderly atmosphere necessary in schools for effective teaching and learning to take place . |
| 2 | To stimulate the development and the application within the agency of techniques of environmental modelling and forecasting in order that adequate preventative action can be taken at the appropriate time ; |
| 3 | The practitioner or analyst is not necessarily concerned with implementing changes , but with identifying where such changes could be beneficial so that appropriate action can be taken . |
| 4 | Records from the time-cost system can therefore be compared with the predicted work plan and if large divergencies occur or an underlying pattern of divergence emerges , appropriate action can be taken . |
| 5 | Whatever action can be taken against censorship at an institutional or individual level depends on the firmness and strength of the profession 's stated position , and that requires an examination of views , role and actions of the professional association , namely the Library Association , in response to censorship . |
| 6 | Occupations always take place on Friday night , so that by the time legal action can be taken , people have already constructed shelters . |
| 7 | If this is not possible , action can be taken to reduce the accounting profit in the Netherlands , and thus the amount of the dividend required under the CFC legislation . |
| 8 | If the results of assessment are used in the ways intended and if the evidence of research and HMI findings of good practice are heeded , these children should in fact benefit , because their problems with the English language will have been identified and appropriate action can be taken to help at an early stage . |
| 9 | This action can be taken at the same time as your writ is issued and prior to judgement being given . |
| 10 | It is a useful ( though again slow and very fallible ) personal project to try to identify the symptoms of one 's personal stress earlier and earlier in its course , so that remedial action can be taken before things have got too bad . |
| 11 | But if it can be proven that overfishing of sand-eel is the principal cause of the problem , we can only hope that remedial action can be taken before it is too late for our important sea-bird colonies to recover . |
| 12 | Before any appropriate action can be taken , it must be clear to all concerned what constitutes physical abuse . |
| 13 | For the robot to understand an English command , it must compute the semantics of the input text , i.e. determine the senses of the expression and refer these senses to objects in the environment , before the intended action can be taken . |
| 14 | Unless the authority is satisfied with the conduct of the investigation , no disciplinary action can be taken . |
| 15 | ( c ) Sometimes reasonableness arises in the context of a precondition before an administrative action can be taken . |
| 16 | The advantage of the new representative action is that action can be taken on behalf of the body of investors , large and small , at the expense of the S.I.B . |
| 17 | Consider it essential proper principles are consolidated and that action can be taken in each case without reference to you . |
| 18 | A supervision order allows for close observation but requires evidence of deterioration before action can be taken in the form of recall to hospital to restart treatment . |
| 19 | In addition the warden can alert the medical and social services to any signs of deterioration at this early stage , and appropriate action can be taken . |
| 20 | Legal action can be taken against an authority if it either goes beyond its powers — that is , acts ultra vires — or does not fulfil its duties — its mandamus . |
| 21 | The rationale for budgetary accounting is that the budget and accounts should be continuously compared so that action can be taken to correct variances . |
| 22 | Douglas Donnelly will be analysing the results in an attempt to identify problem areas so that appropriate action can be taken and staff will be kept informed . |
| 23 | A All faults or damage must be reported to RTS , as soon as possible , so that immediate action can be taken . |
| 24 | Testing is a crucial part of ensuring that we know what quality of education our young people are achieving , so that if a satisfactory level is not reached , appropriate action can be taken . |
| 25 | That being so , will my right hon. Friend seek with his Community partners to reactivate the Venice declaration which seems to many of us to be the only likely forum within which positive political action can be taken ? |
| 26 | This means that appropriate action can be taken to improve Scottish Amicable 's marketing strategy . |
| 27 | The Parish Council would be grateful if you could investigate this problem and see what action can be taken to prevent any further accidents at this spot . |
| 28 | No formal action can be taken on them through the UCAS scheme until after 25 July . |
| 29 | Under this power , action can be taken against any development ( or use ) whether it was specifically permitted under the postwar planning acts or established prior to them . |
| 30 | It 's paragraph seventeen , eighteen and the additional item added by Miss about a report to the April meeting on what action can be taken to implement the District Auditor 's recommendations , and from what we 've heard I think that report will also contain reference to today 's , the correct response to today 's Government four papers erm , on the policy with regard to the Rio summit . |