Sentence examples for to commence action from inspiring English sources

One significant action during his brief tenure was to advise the president to commence action to end the war in Vietnam.

"We have set out our position to both the minister and NI Water, but unless the pension proposals are taken off the table, our members have no alternative but to commence action," she said.

That August, Brownlee received a letter from MacLean reading in part "We have been instructed to commence action against you for damages for the seduction of Miss Vivian MacMillan".

To determine when respondents believed it is beneficial to commence action to reduce dementia, they were asked: "At what age do you think people should start to take action to reduce their risk of Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia?" A list of age ranges (<18 years, 18 29 years etc).

London Metropolitan University has announced it is to commence legal action against the UK Border Agency's decision to revoke its licence to sponsor international students.

Conroy tells Colvin in the correspondence he intends to write to the clerk of the Senate, Rosemary Laing, "to commence an action to seek a ruling from the Senate on the claim".

At Odds on Power LinesThe Riverhead Town Board voted last week to commence legal action against the Long Island Power Authority for approving a partly above-ground route for a more than 10-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line project that would run through the town.

"He was prepared to file a lawsuit from the onset, and it is only because of the governor's resignation, and that the truth has come out, that he has asked me not to commence the action for sexual harassment, where the State of New Jersey would have been a party," said Rachel Yosevitz, a lawyer who was working with Mr. Lowy.

"Our priority in taking this serious step to commence legal action was to try to protect our customers from unnecessary disruption by the RMT and we continue to believe the union is encouraging its members to take unlawful strike action.

The government does not have to seek the approval of MPs to commence military action but it has become customary to do so since this first happened over the Iraq war in 2003.

It invited other business actors, from competitors to suppliers to soft drink manufacturers to retailers, all of whom have a role to play in the recycling of aluminum cans, to commence an action-oriented dialogue.