Sentence examples for instituted actions from inspiring English sources

In 2012, an organisation called Transparency International cited figures gathered by the National Union of Journalists claiming to show that O'Brien had instituted actions, or threats of actions, against 17 journalists and media groups since 1998.

Wilkes and others instituted actions for trespass against the secretary of state, the Earl of Halifax, and his underlings that led to awards of damages and established the illegality of general warrants.

Regular dental service utilization was low in this study indicating a need to identify and institute actions that could facilitate access of pupils to dental care.

I have the forms I need to institute action, but am concerned about how to proceed with the new lease, which I must sign soon.

But the coalition government that recently came to power in Romania has ordered an end to that international focus as it tightens its political control over the institute, actions that have set off protests among arts groups throughout Europe and the United States.

This work was supported by the International Network of Pasteur Institutes (Actions Concertées Inter-Pasteuriennes - ACIP 19 10) and by WHO.

Passively doing nothing to prolong life or withdrawing life-support measures has resulted in criminal charges being brought against physicians; on the other hand, the families of comatose and apparently terminal patients have instituted legal action against the medical establishment to make them stop the use of extraordinary life support.

The guardians of certain of those children instituted an action in the Southern District of New York, alleging violations of the Nuremberg Code, the Declaration of Helsinki, Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulations and other norms of international law.

A counterclaim is a claim against the party that originally instituted an action against you.

Arthur J. Shannon, a spokesman for Perrigo, the country's largest maker of store-brand over-the-counter drugs, responded to a reporter's query by saying the company was working with the F.D.A. to institute corrective actions at its plant.

The way forward requires leveling the playing field, by changing hearts and minds, if possible, or by instituting affirmative actions, when antiquated cultural norms prove too intransigent.