'present action' can be used in written English.
It means to describe an action that is happening now, in the present. For example: "Dancing is a great form of present action that everyone should enjoy!".
That implication would hold only if it were conceded that presently existing rights alone constrain present action.
Chapters of present action alternate with chapters that trace John Henry's aftermath through 130 years of the nation's life.
David believed Saddam's tattered weapons programme was most significantly just that - a programme, a future threat that required present action.
In the novel's present action, Dante lives to contemplate suicide and have sex, his thin existence filled out with parties, celebrities, books and movies.
When Lars's memoir is not dreary, it is frightening, and Erik's and Inga's Scandinavian-American heritage begins to weigh upon the present action of the novel.
This mastery of suspenseful plotting shows in both the present action and the flashbacks, even if the language that stitches them together can prove a bit weak.
Indeed, with a few exceptions, entertainment television during this period tended to present action-packed dramas or utopian comedies that made little or no reference to contemporary issues.
The invaders had painted on the fountain the words: "Cabinet Ministers are responsible for the present actions".
That would make sense, since co-ordination requires present actions to flow seamlessly into future ones.
By its past and present actions, by its technological capabilities, by the merciless nature of its regime, Iraq is unique.
"The city's obstinance and uncooperativeness throughout the present actions is offensive to the rule of law.
