Most unfortunately, and reprehensibly, many of those who could have done most to prevent it failed signally to take action.
On this account it has been thought right to take action only in those cases in which on account of contagious disease, it is necessary to exclude children from school.
But the proof given by it was so overwhelming and decisive as to the insufficiency of the existing sanitary law, and the inefficiency of the local authorities, that Parliament felt forced to take action.
There were objections to both, but the rapid successes of Parma made it necessary to take action.
William had for some time been urged by his Friesland cousin to take action, since the attitude of Amsterdam threatened the dissolution of the Union.
The Justices of Assize in Norfolk are to take action in the matter of a common at Kettlestone which two of the tenants allege to have been overstocked with sheep.
Perhaps a reasonable view would be to look askance at mere Acts of Parliament, but to accept action, or orders to take action, on the part of the executive authorities, as a proof that the law is being applied in practice.
It steps in when the tenants are poor men who are being ruined by vexatious lawsuits, or when enclosure is thought likely to produce disorder, or to forbid a landlord to take action pending a decision by the courts.
Frank had only the fraction of a second in which to take action.
Shaping his course by the faint twilight, he kept one eye on Abdi, ready to take action instantly if the man showed any disposition to be troublesome.
French authorities were warned that Rome was about to take action.
But, as there was a danger that the movement would break up and that the Irish forces would be divided, it was necessary for the bishops to take action.
Technically, there was no reason for an officer to take action.
The Scorpius could not maneuver while in a gravity spin, and O'Brine wanted to be free to take action if necessary.
Unfortunately, the death of the tenth shogun having just then occurred, the Yedo Court found it inconvenient to take action in remote Yezo.
This was the signal for the Fujiwara to take action.
One man is stroke and the other bow, but there is in good pair-oarsmen an indefinite and almost unconscious give-and-take action on the part of both men.
How to attain this give-and-take action of the arms is better shown by even a moderate performer in five minutes of practical illustration than by reams of book instruction.
He was one of the first to take action on the Parliament's side in Lancashire; his chief military commands were at Thurland Castle in 1643 and at the first siege of Lathom in the following year.
Such was the condition of affairs in 1889, and it became necessary to take action to prevent further mischief.
This government has more than once been called upon of late to take action in fulfillment of its international obligations toward Spain.
At the time when Mr. Roosevelt wanted to take action, he also succeeded in splitting up his party, so that real reform could only be expected from the Democratic side.
For reasons stated in telegram number 121 we could not wait any longer for President Wilson to make up his mind to take action.
The news of Königgrätz led to a violent outburst of anti-Prussian feeling; but Napoleon refused to take action at once, when it might have been very effective.
But in that year the Greek Church pressed him to take action.
As Sprengtporten's movements were somewhat delayed, the king had to take action himself.
She divined that the safety of her guest was threatened and decided to take action.
Great excitement reigned in Stockholm, and General Adlercreutz, who recently had been received in the capital with enthusiasm, resolved to take action in preventing the king's departure.
The poet and royal favorite Adlerbeth, himself a nobleman, pleaded in the Riksdag the right of his Estate to take action on the royal propositions.
The Scorpius could not maneuver while in a gravity spin and O’Brine wanted to be free to take action if necessary.
Representations were made to the king by Seville and other towns, by the chapter of Valencia, and by bishops, praying him to take action, and the scruples as to the intervention of the civil power in spiritual affairs vanished.
He regards them as heretical, but he understands that the Suprema does not wish the tribunals to take action on them, as they are so common and there are already judges enough for them.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "take action" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
