Sentence examples for withhold action from inspiring English sources

Under this Act Congress did not give the Board discretion to take or withhold action, to grant or deny relief.

"Tying campaign contributions to legislative or executive action has never been illegal in the United States unless there is proof that the public official extorts the money by threatening to give or withhold action based on the contributions," Mr. Tigar said.

If the risk is assessed to be below their threshold then they will withhold action.

Our behavioral results now show that on trials that were associated with a positive expectation of value (Win conditions), the need to act enhanced memory performance compared with the need to withhold action (Fig.  2).

The Senate withheld action on a bill that would change de tails of the primary election process.

Mr. Cowan said he also withheld action because the town was upgrading the plant, an $8.1 million project financed mainly through a 1996 state environmental bond.

Judge Saundra B. Armstrong of Federal District Court in Oakland, Calif., said the United States government "unlawfully withheld action" required under the Global Change Research Act of 1990 to update a research plan and scientific assessment of climate change.

Israel has withheld actions sought by the United States to ease conditions on Palestinians, contending that Mr. Abbas must first take actions to disarm Hamas and other militant groups that claim responsibility for, or are accused of, the suicide bombings of the last two and a half years.

Mr. Blumenthal's office contacted Monster, which agreed to withhold legal action pending a meeting with Ms. Kennedy.

Second, the Secretary had directed his subordinates to withhold final action on lease applications pending a further revision of the regulations.

The discussions were going so well, she said, that she decided to withhold legal action seeking an immediate closing of the bombing range though she had promised to pursue such a course during her campaign.