Sentences with phrase «scale action against»

To my knowledge, this was the first time American Express had done a clawback on such a large scale and showed that American Express was not afraid to take large - scale action against presumed «travel hackers.»

The current spending seems more than enough to finance small - scale actions against say ISIS.

Not exact matches

For instance a US Education department report concerning American public schools shows large scale contemporary abuse, with little action being taken against admitted offenders.

The Church takes action against your membership in it for breaking their standards), but on the wide scale that can be quite the generalization.

«The essence of crimes against humanity is a systematic policy or action of a certain scale and gravity directed against a civilian population.

«We have taken decisive action against those who have been involved in this extremely serious, large scale, organised fraud of English language tests.

The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Tony Aubynn, has said that illegal small - scale mining, popularly known as «galamsey» has stopped in the country following the intense media campaign and government action against the practice.

The concept of rapid, full - scale mobilization against global warming is a hard sell; dramatic actions are normally driven by immediate threats, not distant, uncertain trends.

«Should a nation - state take action against the GPS system in another country on a major scale, there's no telling which way the damage would fall,» he said.

However it has a resourceful hero, a race against time, large - scale action and secondary characters who aren't decorative.

Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, the epic - scaled action - adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.

«In Dragon Quest Heroes, players must rise up against insurmountable odds — challenging swarms of enemies and conquering gigantic monsters,» Square said of the full - scale action RPG in a press release.

Whereas fans are used to seeing almost non-stop action, Afterlife waits almost half an hour after its opening battle against Wesker to feature another large - scale battle.

It is the first time that all eight unions — the NUT, ATL, NASUWT, NAHT, ASCL, GMB, Unite and Unison — have threatened action on this scale against a single multi-academy trust in England.

The department's actions against a for - profit chain of this scale are unprecedented.

Her department has also taken action against various civil rights initiatives from the Obama administration such as guidance on the rights of transgender students, and her department announced it was scaling back civil rights investigations and would avoid looking into systemic issues.

In September 2011, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed a class action lawsuit against Barkworks, a southern California pet store chain, «claiming the stores repeatedly engage in fraud and false advertising in an effort to conceal from customers that they source their puppies from abusive «puppy mills» — large - scale commercial dog breeding facilities.

Features • Sci - Fi action / adventure combines aerial and on - foot combat for a totally unique third - person shooter experience • Will's jetpack delives total freedom of movement allowing players to race against UFOs in high - speed chases and rain death from above onto unsuspecting otherworldly foes • Speed and scale unmatched by any other action title: send Will zipping through tight corridors and then out into immense canyons and futuristic geoscapes • Gravity - defying vertical combat system, where moving up is the only way to bring your enemies down • Seemless transition between jetpack flight, ship - to - ship dog fighting and third - person shoot - «em - up action all exists within the same level — not broken up into different «areas» • Unique grip system that allows the players to scale walls by jumping from surface to surface and hijack UFO's while in mid-air • Huge bosses that require fast reflexes and aerial barnstorming manoeuvres to defeat • Developed by Airtight Studios, a new group featuring team members from the Crimson Skies series of video games

Cinematically scaled and framed third - person action adventure takes Harbinger and her companions through thick and thin, often ensuing in drawing swords against the parties not willing to see reason.

I think that the level of chaos that is being alluded to, and increasingly expected as described by the CIA, DOD, Joint Forces Command, Army War College, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Center for Naval Analysis, etc. shows abuse to the human race on a massive scale that has never before been considered seriously, by the human race (other than in global thermonuclear war or a global plague), due to our own actions against ourselves.

Against the backdrop of this challenge, on 27 March 2017 the IEA brought together over 100 experts from 30 countries from governments, business, academia and the finance sector to share best practices and policy actions needed to scale up action to achieve SDG7.

The tour marks the beginning of a new chapter in Greenpeace's long legacy of activism — the group is planning to launch a wide - scale American campaign against coal this spring, and the Coal - Free Future is something like its pilot run (read more about the actions completed thus far on the tour blog).

Examples of his recent case - load are: led by Ed Pepperall QC in a large - scale action arising from a defective share sale; defended solicitors from allegations arising from property transactions, including alleged breaches of the Etridge guidance; acting for a claimant against solicitors who negligently handled his litigation; defending an IFA from allegations of inappropriately risky investment advice; acting for solicitors claiming contributions from another firm in respect of their own liability for breach of trust; advising clients on a claim against surveyors for losses arising from negligent property valuations.