How To Use Action In A Sentence

‘In the absence of those assurances, we will have no choice but to ballot for industrial action,’ he said.
The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
They have recognized that their business depends on world of mouth, and that world of mouth is based on customer satisfaction.
The screen is a bit of overkill because the audience is not that far from the center of action on the hot shop floor.
This was physical attraction, sexual temptation, nothing more.

This enables more active forms of mobilization, with many memberships engaged in various forms of collective action, often for the first times in their history.
The scene near the Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, on Tuesday was supremely ironical, and drew sharp reactions from tree lovers who were passing by.
The process of inspiration is active and requires energy for muscle contraction.
His casual reaction, "you're overreacting," "these things happen, right?" suggests they've gone through this before, with presumably the more recent procedure she discussed with her gyno. Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Help!
It is unlikely that their blueprint for economic reform will be put into action.
There have been a number of situations with the young Belgian where had he not taken evasive action he would have been clobbered. The Sun
He plainly demanded to be in the thick of the action all of the time.
She wasted a great part of the royal treasury for her benefactions!
Furthermore, in order to assess the special disability and whether there has been unconscionable conduct, it is essential to also examine the actual actions of those against whom that conduct is impugned.
The pursuit of such metaphysical questions is just a high-minded distraction from the more pressing issue of confronting the dilemma of one's existence here and now.
The depth and rate of breathing are controlled by special centres in the brain, which influence the nerves that cause contraction and relaxation of the muscles of respiration.
But her own life was often stranger than any action-packed fiction plot.
With a full tank of fuel, the weight bias shifts rearwards slightly, which helps traction, as does the standard limited slip differential.
Meanwhile, doctors have identified still more reactions to stress that can increase our risk of cardiovascular disease. Times, Sunday Times
He comes to be disgusted by all abstractions and ideas.
We were constantly rewarded with stunning scenic views and the satisfaction of navigating challenging terrain with ease, but we didn't get very far, as the crow flies.
Patients received a conditioning regimen that consisted of total body irradiation (1375 cGy in 11 fractions) with partial lung shielding, thiotepa (10 mg/kg), cyclophosphamide (120 mg/kg), and rabbit antithymocyte globulin (1.5 mg/kg). EurekAlert! - Breaking News
All three leads are simply stellar in their roles and the interactions ring absolutely true.
The two leads give crackerjack performances, their timing, dynamism and interaction almost flawless.
The strength of the argument for splitting the bill is evident in the reaction of the two Republican senators from Texas.
Still Life with Action Figure," a particularly realist exercise, actually occurs in suburbia, where an artist son visits his artist father, who has resumed painting despite suffering from parkinsonism. Ccfinlay: You Make My Heart Sing
the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals
Many students derived enormous satisfaction from the course.
Daniel Defoe, The Consoli - dator: or Memoirs and Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon (London, 1705). COSMIC VOYAGES
But decades of research have gone by and scientists remain incapable of creating a sustainable fusion reaction that could be used to create reliable power.
Physical and mental energy return so you turn vague ideas into bold action. The Sun
The digital flux that frames our experience of physical and socio-political realities functions through continuous additions, subtractions, and disappearances.
One account is debited for the amount involved in any transaction and another account is credited.
There was some discussion about the relationship between official and unofficial action.
I do not know if that linkage can be proven, but my guess is the fee was the result of a number of actions that Harding took, over a period of years, which were favorable to Hevesi. Henry J. Stern: Betrayal of the Public Trust
Leave the inner tent door open a fraction, even if you don't have mesh.
Work with customer service department to improve customer satisfaction.
Its addition in minute amounts to the nucleoprotein tumor fraction, was expected to suppress the formation of the fibrillar halo if nucleic acids rather that the protein were responsible for the nerve growth promoting effect elicited by this fraction. Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later
Note the extremes of acidity and alkalinity in which macroscopical growth has developed (Range of reaction). The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.
He claimed that the school district stepped over the line with its affirmative action plan and that race was improperly used to discriminate against the white teacher.
In a qui tam action, the citizen filing suit is called a "relator". David Isenberg: ABC J'accuse MEP: There is no there there
We then repeat this fractionation process on these 10 compounds, rescreen them and find the active one, and then identify what that compound is. Odette Yustman in GQ Magazine
I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
King Richard, as a just guerdon for all his fascinorous actions and horrible murders, was slain in the field.
Aliquot 10μ l of the master mix for each DNA to be analyzed into a reaction tube.
Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in this release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in Somaxon's business, including, without limitation, Somaxon's interpretation of its communications and interactions with the FDA relating to the requirements for approval of the NDA for Silenor, and the FDA's agreement with such interpretation; Somaxon's interpretation of the results of the clinical trials for Silenor, the timing of the interpretation of such results and the FDA's agreement with such interpretation; the potential for Somaxon to make a resubmission to the Silenor NDA; the potential for Silenor to receive regulatory approval for one or more indications on a timely basis or at all; the potential for the FDA to impose non-clinical, clinical or other requirements to be completed before or after regulatory approval of Silenor; Somaxon's ability to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA that potential NDA approval of Silenor is appropriate prior to the completion of standard, long-term carcinogenicity studies, given the context of completed trials and pending studies; the timing and results of non-clinical studies for Silenor, and the FDA's agreement with Somaxon's interpretation of such results; Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
Holography not only maps the intensities of the light, as do normal diffraction patterns, it also encodes information about the phases of the light that is otherwise intrinsically lost.
Allozymes are catalytic RNA- or DNA-based molecules whose ability to catalyze a reaction is modulated by their interaction with an effector molecule.
I was standing in some kind of wooded area and looking around Probably trying to find any distraction to keep me from going for my lecture and I did eventually find that tap-dancing squirrel but that's a story for another post and then somehow bits and pieces began to hit me. Archive 2005-02-01
As Christians who reject evolutionary theory, the family scoffed at the park's dinosaur attractions, which date the apatosaurus, brachiosaurus and the like to prehistoric times.
If the borsholder could not find such a number to answer for their innocence, the decennary was compelled by fine to make satisfaction to the king, according to the degree of the offence. [ The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John
Our reaction to a tickling sensation may have arisen from a defence against creepy-crawlies. Times, Sunday Times
Nearby attractions: Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation, Hilo.
Bu to me, this looks like a supped up contender breakaction. And Now, A Really Manly Handgun
The looming discal peril demands tough action by Robert Chapman on Sunday, Jul 2, 2006 at 12: 03: 29 PM Is NJ Gov. Jon Corzine Running for President?
The grannom, and the reaction it seems to produce in fish, can prove a head-scratcher. Times, Sunday Times
You will be made to smart for your action.
Finally, dissatisfaction with housing conditions produced schemes for slum clearance or improvement and substantial house-building programmes.
Public opinion can force the government into action.
I don't think anybody that is associated with the Labor Council today under my leadership would believe that it runs factionally.
All of which has elicited no reaction at all. Times, Sunday Times
It is, however, evident that this action on chromatin is most important for proper functioning of the genome and for maintenance of genome integrity. Advanced Information: The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
These authors, by using differential and density-gradient centrifugation techniques, achieved the differentiation of the microbody fraction from lysosomes, microsomes, and mitochondria.
These two transaction costs discourage foreign investment and borrowing. International Finance: The markets and financial management of multinational business.
In the next level of technique not only does the nage initiate action to draw out uke's movement, but he uses the energy of his action to lead the response given him by uke.
We must think of ourselves, not in terms of the satisfaction we get, from what we eat, or enjoy as pleasure, or entertainment today.
The questionnaire is to test customer reaction to the new store design.
Hey, I'm all for cool action scenes in my SciFi, but -- if I may clarify the author's assumption -- stories that include inter-character relationships don't "alienate" me. Is Science Fiction Becoming 'Feminized'?
Cavil, Doral and another Simon how long have you got buddy? find the dead doctor Simon and once again Cavil shows himself to be a pathetic military planner, he admits he "miscalculated" Boomer's actions. VARIANTS: DAYBREAK, PT II - REVIEW
But the inward thoughts of men, which appear outwardly in their words and actions, are the signs of our honouring, and these go by the name of worship; in Latin, cultus. Leviathan
Actions: a sure and effective restorative to the nervous system. The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism
For men, halfhearted comb-overs, plugs, weaves, and toupees are strictly forbidden and will be cause for harsh disciplinary action.
OBJECTIVE : To optimize the extraction technique of moschus and formulate the preparation procedure for Shehuang - babu ji.
a Soxhlet, or similar extraction apparatus, and extract with alcohol for All About Coffee
A stimulant action on the parasympathetic portion of the oculomotor nucleus (third cranial nerve) is responsible for pupillary miosis.
Similarly, the variation of distance refraction and the presence of astigmatism is also lower than for humans.
The Holy Alliance was the joint labour of an unfortunate man who had suffered a terrible mental shock and who was trying to pacify his much-disturbed soul, and of an ambitious woman who after a wasted life had lost her beauty and her attraction and who satisfied her vanity and her desire for notoriety by assuming the rôle of self-appointed Messiah of a new and strange creed. The Story of Mankind
This was followed by a further two extractions, and the dried extract homogenized in 1 ml assay buffer for DHT analysis.
Deuterium is a relatively insensitive nucleus because it has a low gyromagnetic ratio and the spectral intensity is generally spread over an extremely wide frequency range due to the quadrupole interaction.
The other route would see the fruits of eight years of growth wither on the vine through inaction and lack of imagination.
But to Mr. Robin there is no actually existing Burkeanism anywhere, making those who cite the ideal of a reasonable, pragmatic, nonreactionary conservatism guilty of the kind of utopianism the left is more commonly faulted for. NYT > Home Page
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Regardless of your actions, the little group would keep the flirt label pinned on you because of their own baggage.
Amides tend to be somewhat less reactive, but are also subject to hydrolysis and analogous reactions.
The cabin crews have balloted for industrial action and a massive ‘yes’ vote is expected.
His intention took shape in action.
In maieutic fiction, the protagonist is faced with a problem that requires a reflective reevaluation of self, with resolution achieved not by action but by realisation, in an epiphany that is not gnosis but rather logos. Archive 2009-07-01
It means a distorted reaction of the immune system. Times, Sunday Times
I thought the snippety interaction between RDJ and Paltrow was one of the best things about this one, and the saving grace of the first. Iron man 2
It is likely to have benefited more from erecting the jawbone outside the island kirk and turning it into a tourist attraction, than the museum, which will simply be adding it to its existing collection.
The book is a sustained diatribe questioning Churchill's actions from the early 1930s through 1941.
Only some people believe that a guy who called criticism "distraction" is a good guy. Clinton has big lead in Kentucky, Obama on top in Oregon
I've been thinking recently about onomatopoeia: the sound words we use to describe actions.
I have seen human bathers acting just like the birds, though from a different cause, bobbing down towards the water, but afraid to dip their heads, and the idea of comicality arose, as it does in most of the ludicrous actions of animals, from their resemblance to those of mankind. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
According to the 1956 agreement on the machinery, industrial action should only be contemplated when all the relevant stages have been exhausted.
His record of 38 wins, no losses, includes 16 defences of his WBU title, and his all-action style has made Hatton the darling of his Manchester home town where his fans are both loyal and loud.
‘Pochles’ is used to describe a person who is physically inept and indecisive in his actions.
Where we find questionable practices in sales or complaint handling, firms can expect that we will take action. Times, Sunday Times
A reaction induced on the laboratory bench may, like yeast in inert dough, leaven the whole of mankind, lightening and lifting it to heights undreamed of by its ancestors. The Contribution of Creative Chemistry to the Humanities
Their satisfaction, well-being and enjoyment of the race are their primary goals.
They also confirm that highly fractionalized societies will have a worse record of the rule of law.
Allergic reactions to co-trimoxazole are more common in persons with AIDS. Chapter 22
The ballooning cost to taxpayers of retirement benefits for public sector employees has forced the Conservatives to promise action. Times, Sunday Times
Had I been more attuned to racism in the office, I might have anticipated the reaction.
We have evaluated selected molecular interactions of nucleobases in the simulated structures to obtain further insight in similarities and differences between the ability of guanine and inosine to form quadruplexes.
High jinks and fast-moving action prove another winning combination for Bad Boy cops Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in this long-awaited sequel.
In other words, he ekes the maximum out of his action.
In this representation, which may be called playing a picture, action, even pantomimical action, was not expected; and all that was required of the performers, was to throw themselves into such a group as might express a marked and striking point of an easily remembered scene, but where the actors are at a pause, and without either speech or motion. Saint Ronan's Well
Nectarines exhibit different reactions to specific insect attacks and fungal infections than do peaches.
Leonardo da Vinci was not only one of the earliest European abstractionist, but also a sculptor, an architect , and an engineer.
Extraction of water from aquifers in India exceeds recharge by a factor of two or more.
This in some degree corresponds with Captain Cook's record of the irregularity of his compass when he passed near this part of the coast, in consequence of which he called the peaked island to the westward of the cape, Magnetical Island: this irregularity, however, was not noticed by me in my observations near the same spot; and the difference observed by him may very probably have been occasioned by the ship's local attraction, which in those days was unknown. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
Instead of letting life just tick over you're ready to set new goals and make a step-by-step action plan. The Sun
The editorial begins with a recapitulation of the basic argument marshaled by the Bush administration regarding his past actions while on the board of directors of Harken Energy.
The situation calls for drastic action.
Journalists in Shropshire are threatening to ballot for industrial action claiming managers are refusing to answer their questions about job cuts. Strike threat at the Shropshire Star
On set, instead of saying ‘Action’, he cued his actors by firing a gun.
The method includes the mechanical dissolution of the fiber parts containing thaumatin and, since the protein is very easy to dissolve in water, the aqueous extraction.
What is the recommended action if these instruments are not considered sterile?
Later it becomes a reflex action in response to the baby's cry or just by thinking about the baby or feeding.
Encina services include two-phase commit, a structured file server, a transaction monitor and client-to-host communications.
Separate from the slapping lesbians, a battle began to rage between the lesbians who were pagans versus the lesbians who were Christians, and then the lesbians who wanted to have “baster babies” factioned off, too. Roseanne Archy
The blood samples were fractionated and stored at - 80° C.
The police took no further action but it led to a long-running feud between the pair. Times, Sunday Times
She was arrested and charged with treason, a capital offence, but made no attempt to deny her actions. Times, Sunday Times
The freaks of nature displayed here appealed to peoples’ prejudice, their unquenchable curiosity for the outlandish and the unknown, and the paradoxical human attraction and repulsion for the diseased and deformed.
Plunged in darkness again, the man, whom Rose had called unimaginative, suffered all the untold agony of soul which had been hers during the moment in which she had been forced to make up her mind and carry out the act, only his anguish was the more intense, for hers was the quick action and his the forced inaction of a man bound to a stake, within full sight of a tragedy being enacted upon a loved one. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands
The Constitution requires the president to seek the prior approval of Congress for military action.
However, such interaction is more effectively used in the drinking stimulus portion of the scenes than in the sensitization portion.
The luciferin-luciferase's reaction system may emit fluorescence, while the toxic substances will suppress the luminous intensity.
Wait for governments to take effective action on global warming and you could fry or drown first.
He decided on a plan of action but it backfired horribly. Times, Sunday Times
He is out of action following an ankle injury.
Encourage the subordinate gently to seek solutions and propose action.
A distraction may cause it to wander off into the road, with fatal consequences.
The next problem is how to multiply and divide numbers involving fractions.
I spotted a cleaner sporting a plastic bib with the words Tourist Attractions emblazoned across it.
‘Typically, in the past, debarments have lasted three to five years for lesser infractions,’ he says.
However, his brave deed and the actions of his colleagues is now likely to be recognised both by the Garda authorities and the Irish Safety Council.
Mr. Weber is not a moralist and does not claim that, by preferring Tchaikovsky to, say, the current-day atonalist Charles Wuorinen, we are philistines or reactionaries. That Melody Sounds Familiar
What we all know is those who live on knee-jerk reaction will either absolutely love or hate her. Palin, Bachmann rally conservatives
The segments differ from each other as regards refraction and in their behavior toward coloring reagents; the inner segment is stained by carmine, iodine, etc.; the outer segment is not stained by these reagents, but is colored yellowish brown by osmic acid. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye
His total benefactions - including more than 2,800 Carnegie libraries - amounted to $350 million.
He paused again, letting the name seep into the minds of those assembled and waiting for the general reaction. Doors Into Chaos
It should be recognized that superelectrophilic reactions frequently proceed with only "electrophilic assistance" (solvation, association) by the superacids without forming distinct dipositive intermediates. George A. Olah - Autobiography
Temperature modulating action of choroidal blood flow. Denton vs Squid; the eye as suboptimal design. - The Panda's Thumb
Stars are initially formed from gas, mostly hydrogen, and contract under their own gravitational attraction.
Calliaud, and by arguments and reasons by him delivered, he was persuaded to unsay his swearing, and to declare that he believed that the affidavit which he made at Patna, and while the transaction was recent or nearly recent, must be a mistake: that he _believed_ (what is amazing indeed for any belief) that not Mr. Hastings, but he himself, interpreted. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12)
Both as a pointer to the future and as a spectacle in its own right, the Championships have produced a quality of football that had at least one viewer occasionally leaping from his armchair to applaud the action.
What I find highly ironic and, indeed, perturbing, is that U.S. trade laws have in their application proven much more effective in inhibiting legitimate, cross-border, long-standing supplier-customer transactions carried on within a Canada-U.S. free trade environment than they have in dealing with these "dump and jump" boatloads of predatory imports. Free Trade With the U.S.Only in a Dream World
There are fractional erbium:YAG lasers the type I use in my office and fractional CO2 lasers, which are much more intense. Simple Skin Beauty
This is a combat flight simulator with the emphasis on action rather than accuracy. Times, Sunday Times
Their actions determined the economic health of nations. Times, Sunday Times
And now he called Ahithophel, and consulted with him what he ought to do: he persuaded him to go in unto his father's concubines; for he said that "by this action the people would believe that thy difference with thy father is irreconcilable, and will thence fight with great alacrity against thy father, for hitherto they are afraid of taking up open enmity against him, out of an expectation that you will be reconciled again. Antiquities of the Jews
Compared with the action of this destructive solvent, that of all other disintegrating agencies concerned in our decivilization is as the languorous indiligence of rosewater to the mordant fury of nitric acid. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909
Three times a week he holds a "durbar," for the trial of offenders and transaction of general regimental business. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute
Our first reaction is enthralled delight, but then ominous overtones register.
The third unaired episode, more of a conventional action story along the lines of Seven Samurai.
In both instances the general test should be whether there was some reasonable or sufficient evidence to justify the action.
But when it's the sole story-telling medium, as here, I also think it has a slight distancing effect on the reader, robbing the action of some immediacy and urgency, which for modern sensibilities is perhaps not ideal when dealing with such dramatic events. Brian Ruckley - News & Views
The attraction of the time theme inspired its creators to look to Greenwich and its meridian line.
Parents have to find ways to show their children that they appreciate their feelings and reactions.
Thus in the case of any electrified body, acting on an unelectrified body at a distance, it has to be definitely understood that _the action at a distance_ is alone communicated and propagated by the dielectric or medium which exists between the two bodies. Aether and Gravitation
Food shortages would probably galvanise public anger into action, as would a complete collapse of the economy.
However I did notice something, and it was something that both my wife and father both brought up, there was a strange effect that wasn't there at the World Première, something I described as a fogging or blurring during some scenes, particularly the action ones, which made it hard to follow the action. Filmstalker: Avatar: An Xmas visit
Descartes viewed the world around him as particles of matter and explained natural phenomena through their motion and mechanical interactions.
The regulator said the proposed undertakings also rely on third parties completing certain actions, and involve complex and long-term behavioural obligations that present risks, creating uncertainty that IOOF could become an effective competitor to the combined NAB-AXA. NAB's Bid for AXA Asia Dealt a Blow
His actions have spoiled the accommodationist agenda, and marred the image of the revolution.
Similarly, the exaction of stiff reprisals for unexpected attacks on troops remote from the fighting front might cow the local population, or might stimulate them to more aggressive resistance.
The fraction of cells in S phase did not differ significantly between the groups.
The news caused a reaction that was predictable. Times, Sunday Times
The session will be focused on the interaction between hydrometry and mathematical modelling.
Like its predecessor, the new regime is for individual achievement, not collective action.
The giving of money is, of course, only one kind of benefaction, and not the highest kind, which is the giving of self; but the good which these gifts have rendered possible is beyond calculation. American Men of Mind
Serious allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, occur rarely, but timely intervention is crucial.
The Southern Democrats were factionalized into two groups: conservatives and liberals.
The result indicates that fractional Fourier transform is the proper mathematic tools to Fresnel diffraction.
Self-interest and self-satisfaction are replaced with self-reflection and significant improvement.
It's a mistake to think of Florida only in terms of its tourist attractions.
The sin of idolatry may lie less in the actual action of worshipping a foreign god than in the denial of the universals that such worship implies.
He is shown seated before his famous invention: a ruling machine for producing concave diffraction gratings, which are slightly curved metal plates scored with minutely spaced lines that diffract light into spectra.
They added that as yet no course of action has been determined. Times, Sunday Times
The department would also help people who had suffered the consequences of fire, resulting from uncleared invasive alien vegetation, to take civil action against those responsible.
He was the author of more than 200 articles on chemical kinetic gas-phase reactions, molecular spectroscopy, and thermo-chemistry of organic compounds.
The film represents something of a milestone - many of the elements of all the crime and action films of the future are here already, in germinal form.
The reaction to what was seen as Hodgson's rather skewed perspective contributed to the campaign to have the manager defenestrated.
He had been warned again and again but failed to take action. The Sun
A different reaction or argument of white Southerners in respect to recent events in the South is bewilderment.
And now that we understand that, it may be possible to engineer novel, rationally-designed biomaterials that can control those interactions.
I don't think he is justified in his action.
Action and feeling are expressed through gesture and movement, the meaning of which is usually very clear.
The Servian action is that by which a landlord sues for his tenant's property, over which he has a right in the nature of mortgage as security for his rent; the quasi-Servian is a similar remedy, open to every pledgee or hypothecary creditor. The Institutes of Justinian
I have had a number of patients in my practice that had their first episode of rapid heart action and palpitation during pregnancy.
The main attraction of the place is the nightlife.
Fraction by fraction it rose, then a dirt-streaked brown forehead appeared over the broken bricks.
And if some heartless creep makes rude remarks that hurt your friend, you are not responsible for his actions.
The 1933 elections demonstrated the growing right wing reaction against left wing republican parties.
Mental and physical actions in the environment are a necessary but not sufficient condition for cognitive development.
Mediocrity is not the lack of effort, but the lack of goals; dream is not without action, but the action is too late; the poor is not hard, but the lack of expertise; lazy not pace, but the pace is too shallow.
The panicky reaction of players at the US Open betrayed their lack of resilience in the face of adversity.

How To Use Action In A Sentence

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