| Ultimately the power to take action resides with senior managers and particularly the chief executive. |
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| It was rumoured that Queen Victoria ordered members of the cabinet to take action to end the liaison. |
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| We believe this was an attempt to burn the building down and are calling on the police to take action and patrol the area more. |
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| And the States and Territories have joined together to take action on climate change in the absence of leadership from the Federal government. |
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| We saw the iceberg coming but we were too busy dancing in the ballroom to take action to avoid it. |
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| Now the general secretariat can only take action on the initiative of the prime minister. |
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| The row occurred because of the claimant's complaint about the barking dog and his threats to take action about it. |
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| But as the years went on and he started receiving close to 1,000 spam e-mails a day, this determined tyke decided to take action. |
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| Many a factory or office worker would not tolerate these conditions, calling on the union rep to take action. |
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| We will take action against those who are persistently truanting or who are late for school. |
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| They made a decision to take action but, despite the bravery of their actions, they all had a very quiet, unassuming modesty. |
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| If there are employees taking unnecessary sickies, then take action but do not make judgements before you have completed your research. |
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| He's observed the turbulent history of the humble stage direction and has decided to take action. |
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| During this program, you'll learn the causes of unassertiveness and how to take action toward becoming more assertive. |
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| Contrary to the popular rumor that Generations X and Y are mostly slackers, these young people take action. |
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| We the undersigned demand that this Government take action to protect our children. |
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| We must take action to stop the damage smoking and passive smoking do to people's health and people's lives. |
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| We think that humanity could be heading for deep trouble unless we take action very soon. |
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| You must take action, drastic action if need be, to remove as much of the stress from your life as possible. |
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| The federal government's unwillingness to take action has left it up to states. |
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| You are a borderline hopeless case and unless you take action now you could be living on the breadline come retirement. |
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| It took Ms. Copps three years after the disclosure to take action and have the eminent nepotist replaced. |
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| Impulsiveness, and the urge to take action is your gift and your strength, leaving the hesitating majority in shame. |
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| A sense of urgency underlies the need to take action in the open access to law. |
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| But it is not too late for companies to take action and this is the time to start budgeting for increased security in companies. |
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| Cases like these have not come to my notice but if there really are such instances, we will definitely take action. |
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| After Tipperary's hammering of Clare in 1994, Tipp scored 2-29, Loughnane, then a selector, decided to take action. |
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| Now at least we will all know if she steps out of line and how to take action. |
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| The Kremlin also gave indications that it would take action against other oligarchs. |
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| If the council wishes to take action I will be quite pleased because I will really raise a stink about this. |
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| I'd been suffering from a mild head cold all week and after five days of suffering had finally decided to take action. |
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| If an employee is unhappy about the way they are being treated at work the onus is on them to take action by applying for a tribunal. |
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| Jared was too methodical, never one to take action without looking out for the catch. |
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| All of the book's heroes inspire readers to take action in our own neighborhoods and situations. |
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| Analyzing the scope of the situation, as well as your role in it, can help you home in on how to take action. |
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| Web surfers who take action at the site can even receive a coupon for a free scoop of ice cream. |
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| There are people who take action and people who stay hidden behind a cloak of anonymity. |
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| If the police do take action on this, pedestrians will benefit as much as cyclists. |
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| The idea that we must take action to avoid a Brave New World resonates powerfully within our culture. |
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| Editors can make decisions and take action whether they are in the office or outside it. |
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| May is the time to take action against the codling moth, which attacks apples and pears, and sometimes walnuts and quince. |
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| Swindon Council has had to take action against illegal camps in the town in the past. |
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| Is it not the duty of governments to take action against immoralist philosophers who are undermining civilisation? |
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| Leane Holland got so fed up with criminals dumping cars in woods near her home that she decided to take action. |
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| He had ballooned to more than 24 stones and was a self-confessed pie eater before he decided to take action. |
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| If initiation practices do come to light, a school governing body has to take action to prevent this from happening again. |
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| Lack of clarity is not a character flaw, so be kind to yourself, but take action. |
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| Police would take action against those bursting noisy crackers near hospitals, schools, courts and other silence zones. |
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| If the UN accepts that genocide is occurring, it is legally obliged to take action to stop it. |
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| The Government should take action and start thinking about how the country looks on the outside. |
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| Staff would then take action short of a strike, which is likely to include a refusal to mark students' exam papers or coursework. |
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| Now, three governors whose states are among the hardest hit are pressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill and the administration to take action. |
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| Police have the power to take action against offenders for outraging public decency or indecent exposure. |
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| A call has been made to officials of the Town Council to take action against the owners of five houses which are in a derelict condition. |
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| He urged the British government and other western nations to take action against the regime. |
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| Employees have voted to take action due to pay differentials between workers in London and Kent. |
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| Acting on the report, the High Court had directed the Government to take action to clear the green belt area from encroachments. |
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| Strategic Traffic Unit senior sergeant Ian Campion said police could take action if the widow washers became disorderly or threatened drivers. |
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| They must also take action to ensure the system is not used for money laundering. |
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| Committed journalists teaming up with activists have exposed erring doctors, only to find that the police are not permitted to take action. |
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| We would like the Scottish executive to take action to give locational guidance to developers to avoid this kind of conflict. |
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| Every week councillors nationwide receive pages of waffle from this Government advising us of our duty to take action to reduce carbon emissions. |
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| It quiets the mind, so you can let thoughts enter your consciousness and then be released without the compulsive need to worry or take action. |
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| I did in fact take action at that time on advice from officials to address these concerns. |
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| If so, it is important to know your rights and how to take action against unfair work practices. |
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| With the local prosecutor declining to take action, the issue has probably peaked. |
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| People need to write their Congressmen about this and demand the Army take action. |
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| The congressman behind the report will tell us how he's planning to take action. |
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| When we demand the government take action in a field we no nothing about we are courting disaster. |
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| I know that some have argued that we should take action to achieve a very much smaller population. |
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| They wanted to orchestrate their myriad efforts to force the legislature to take action where the lawsuits could not. |
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| The activists are asking concerned citizens across the country to join the actions in New Orleans or to take action at home. |
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| With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. |
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| Why some officials say the Department of Homeland Security needs to take action immediately. |
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| The campaign is being led by a teacher who has raised a petition calling on highway chiefs to take action. |
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| The group was given the right to take action in areas falling within its field of competence. |
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| Rogue traders rarely do this, making it virtually impossible for someone to take action for poor workmanship. |
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| But in six years of exposures of illicit arms deals, graft and bribery, only once has the political establishment blushed enough to take action. |
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| I had patterned my own behavior after his, and when I began to identify some of those same qualities in myself, I knew I had to take action. |
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| Another thing I think is really important to stress is that anyone, no matter how old he or she is, has the right to speak out and take action. |
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| When we had to take action against a neighbour, we had to get wage arrestments and eventually bank arrestments. |
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| The earlier you take action, the less money it will cost you in the long run. |
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| Your desire to take action comes from that very potent Mars that sits right on your Leo ascendant. |
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| If a company has no directors, customers cannot take action to recover their losses. |
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| Watkins recently wrote to the Supreme Court urging Chief Justice John Roberts to take action against fuller. |
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| Since the good rain, snails have bred up, take action now to get a Muscovy ducks, or remove the snails by hand or use snail bait, particularly on seedlings. |
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| I do think that we have to take action, warlike action on those who've taken action on us, because the action on the United States was an act of war. |
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| My mother, always keen to take action, scrubbed his tongue with a washrag. |
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| It is quite possible to leave individual doctors to take action on their own account, and it would be better to do that than to have a poorly run national screening programme. |
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| She has written to the Maltese authorities and sent them a copy of the medical report and a photograph of Owen's back, asking them to take action over street tattooists. |
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| One of the callers threatened to take action against the attackers. |
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| So this year, take action and preempt the chocolate raid by making him these fabulous melting and fudgy brownies for Father's Day. |
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| If candidates failed to take action, CounterPAC was ready to hold them accountable. |
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| These smart trackers can be used in conjunction with a geofence so that when a package arrives at the hospital, the staff can take action immediately. |
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| However, I believe that our society is overflowing with lethal weapons and that we must take action to prevent more dead kids. |
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| If a horse works fast in the morning, he will usually take action on the tote board in the afternoon from the average horseplayer, who has little else to go on. |
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| Now, efficient market theory rests on the presumption that owners care what the managers of their firms do, and will take action against incompetent managers. |
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| The Government yesterday came under pressure to take action on street crime following a spate of carjackings and record levels of mobile phone thefts. |
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| The service has been overstretched, placing undue pressure on members and this, coupled with the inequality of pay, has forced them to take action. |
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| But cps chose not take action in 300 of the cases, deciding, instead, to do nothing. |
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| An angry dad whose six-year-old son was struck by a hit-and-run motorcyclist has warned fathers will take action against trail bikers if police do not. |
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| He is then expected to take action to eliminate the hazards identified. |
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| Most of this information is available everyday on BBC Ceefax, but does any police force or road and safety organisation take action? |
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| We need more reliable information before we can take action. |
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| The council will also approach South Wales Police to ask for PoliceCommunity Support Officers to take action against spitters. |
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| Going freegan might be a bit much for most of us, but we can all take action to minimize food waste. |
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| In addition to providing an easy way for brides and grooms to plant trees, Bella Figura encourages customers to take action in other ways, too. |
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| Secondly, they sought to influence other stakeholders in the region to take action themselves. |
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| We can take action if registered nurses or midwives fail to uphold the Code. |
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| The NMC produced guidance for nurses and midwives on raising concerns which aims to help them take action in the public interest when needed. |
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| In 2007, Charles launched The Prince's May Day Network, which encourages businesses to take action on climate change. |
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| The Norwegian government pressed Phillips to take action and the French company Technip was ordered to find a solution. |
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| In the early part of the 19th century, other organizations were founded to take action on the future of black Americans. |
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| Another major action taken by Diviciacus was his imploring of Caesar to take action against the Germans and their leader, Ariovistus. |
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| Tensions among the Flavian troops ran high but so long as either Galba or Otho remained in power, Vespasian refused to take action. |
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| Some states do not preapprove rates, as New York does, but can take action later if they find an increase was inappropriate. |
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| Guicciardini was powerless to influence the commander of papal forces, Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, to take action. |
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| He failed to take action, and after the building had burned down, he was convicted of arson. |
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| Some detachments quickly joined the rebellion, while others held back but also refused to obey orders to take action against the rebels. |
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| Even when you have the right of way, you must take action to avoid a collision if another boat fails to give way. |
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| The spamtards are also not happy with gmail because, like you, gmail refuses to take action against people who have not abused their system. |
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| He decided to take action after an OAP and a 15-year-old paperboy in his Seaton ward were hit by air gun pellets. |
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| While hydrogen sulfide gas may cause some to hold their noses, it may cause others to take action. |
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| Fish farm protesters said it's time for the federal department of Fisheries and Oceans to take action. |
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| Since 2012 Ofgem has had powers to take action against generators in this area. |
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| In many ways, they exemplified some of the tenets of SJE by being ready and willing to take action on each other's behalves. |
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| Toyota used to be a company with foresight, always ready to take action, but now they have fallen very far behind the curve. |
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| A BOWEL cancer survivor is urging people to take action during an awareness month for the disease. |
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| More than 700 women got in touch with the EOC last year seeking help to take action after claims of being sexually harassed at work. |
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| When the Ladinos take action, they preserve power through force. |
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| The Alan Partridge actor made a video for Labour urging voters to back the party because it could be trusted with the NHS and would take action to tackle rich tax avoiders. |
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| Members clearly feel there's no alterative but to take action on this. |
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| A spokesman of the Jakarta Stock Exchange Yose Rizal said JSX will not take action by suspending trading of Barito shares because of the suspension of the factory operation. |
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| Activists used protest and freedom songs to persuade individuals to take action, become educated with the struggle, and empower others to be politically conscious. |
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| Upon his election, Poroshenko announced that his immediate priorities would be to take action in the civil unrest in Eastern Ukraine and mend ties with the Russian Federation. |
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| They're dab hands at frying anything, so if I were George Osborne, I'd do some more sums before chippy owners take action and batter his pollocks. |
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| The discontent of the late 1820s, culminating in serious disturbances in 1831, including the Merthyr Rising persuaded the government to take action in favour of reform. |
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| The US government provides defense for the Marshall Islands and officials could not say if Washington was required to take action under its ties with the Pacific nation. |
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| He went on to say that NITC will take action to prove the unlawfulness of the imposed embargo and also to remove Iran's biggest tanker firm from the list of EU's sanctions. |
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| Shatterproof has held rappelling events throughout the country, issuing a Shatterproof Challenge to the nation to become more aware of addiction and take action. |
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| We must continue to take action today in order to ensure that Welsh has a future as a living community language, not merely a symbolic minority language. |
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| These and a host of other red flags had caused FBI Agent Stephen Butler to press his superiors to take action against Hazmi and Midhar, but they refused. |
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| The Commission has decided not to take action on two further grounds set out in its letter before action in the light of the BNP's commitment to comply with the law. |
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