Sentence examples for period of action from inspiring English sources

These have grown up by the time the novel loops round to its principal period of action, which is more or less the present day.

Ferguson had insisted all his players would wear the T-shirt to show a united front for the anti-racism group's period of action which started on Thursday and runs until 29 October.

Finally, methadone's lack of euphoric effects and its 24-hour period of action enable persons maintained on it to lead relatively normal lives involving work, schooling, and normal family and social relations.

Quite when Va pensiero acquired its patriotic status is not clear, but overwhelmingly this process occurred after Italian unification in the early 1860s: at a time when the chorus's gentle nostalgia made it an ideal vehicle for fond reminiscences of an earlier period of action and heroism.

On Wednesday it was announced that junior doctors will go on strike from 12 to 16 September – the longest period of action yet announced by doctors in their protracted dispute over terms and conditions that the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, would like to introduce.

The analysis above illustrates that any minor water produced by engineering or other activities may have harmful effect on slope stability for a long period of action.

The colonel, a "high-flyer" whose identity cannot be disclosed for security reasons, has been decorated for bravery and leadership in Helmand where troops under his command took part in one of the most fierce and sustained periods of action by any UK unit in recent times.

"GMB and the other trade unions on the staff side hope this programme of action will get some movement in this deadlock and we will plan further periods of action through the autumn and winter if it does not".

"For nearly five years the CBI has been saying that recruiting agency workers to plug gaps during a strike is not about threatening strikers' jobs, but providing essential cover during periods of action so businesses can continue to serve their customers.

Previous studies have interpreted the attenuation of beta oscillations during periods of action observation as evidence of mirror neurons in the human motor system [14] [17].

Therefore, the results presented here are consistent with the hypothesis that, during periods of action observation, M1 is activated postsynaptically through anatomical connection between mirror neurons in inferior frontal gyrus and M1.