Sentence examples for authorised action from inspiring English sources

Commission members called for Finn's removal but it was almost three years after Finn's criminal conviction before Francis authorised action.

During the year, the authority considered the results of 10,916 disciplinary investigations, 18 per cent fewer than in 1992 and authorised action in about 10 per cent.

The White House sent draft legislative wording to the House and Senate leaders on Saturday evening, which authorised actions designed only to neuter the threat of chemical weapons or to prevent their proliferation.

If the UN security council fails to authorise action, those of us determined to protect Libyan civilians will face a more difficult choice should the violence escalate.

With France proposing to veto a second resolution authorising action, the decision to go to war was made without Security Council approval.

This would allow the council to authorise actions ranging from diplomatic and economic sanctions to military intervention.

Fifteen-year-old Byron Wake ordered the NXT chip and insertion kit from the States, injected it under his skin and, once the procedure was done, paired the chip to his phone, allowing him to authorise actions – like turning on Bluetooth speakers – by simply touching his hand to the handset.

Barack Obama said he authorised the action to prevent "an act of genocide", but vowed that America would not get dragged into another war.

Her disappearance last year ended the career of Congressman Gary Condit.The Justice Department authorised legal action alleging violations of voting rights in the 2000 presidential election.

Then, three days after Straw's response, Blunkett used exactly the same form of words to reply, except that he substituted Straw's "I have followed that policy faithfully" with "I reject absolutely that I authorised any action that I believed would lead to, or involve, torture".

Turkey has rejected pressure from Nato allies for it to send its army across the border into Syria, although its parliament authorised military action last week.