Sentence examples for Prompted to act from inspiring English sources

The unnamed French official was prompted to act after his own passport photo broke the stringent rules.

The people who occupied the power station's chimney in November last year were prompted to act by the highest motives.

UK Sport was finally prompted to act only recently, pushed by the reports from the Guardian and BBC.

Lawmakers were prompted to act after the Supreme Court in 2007 ruled that producers had far more leeway to dictate retail prices.

But, in the end, the European Union was prompted to act by the spread of anxiety throughout financial markets if Greece's problems were not resolved.

Rodrigues welcomed the arrests, but claimed the authorities had only been prompted to act by the international outrage at Cecil's killing.

Noguès was prompt to act on that report and ordered his own subordinate commanders to cease active resistance, pending an armistice that would be arranged the following morning.

Quick to grasp the significance of every situation, he was equally prompt to act, and victory was invariably the reward of his bold swiftness.

However, a Depression score above the higher cut-off point is a "prompt to act" [ 50], i.e. to diagnose a depressive disorder without delay.

What prompted you to act?

The Tyrie banking commission report prompted Cable to act.