Sentences with phrase «take substantial action»

«(1) to induce foreign countries, and, in particular, fast - growing developing countries, to take substantial action with respect to their greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the Bali Action Plan developed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; and

We can not reasonably ask, «demand», or expect other countries to take substantial action (more so than already) if we don't do so.

«This bill would actually prohibit the State Board of Education from finally taking any substantial actions to make any improvements to any failing schools,» Hogan said.

Not exact matches

'' [I] n our lifetime and on our watch, substantial areas of the Great Barrier Reef and the surrounding ecosystems are experiencing major long - term damage which may be irreversible unless action is taken now,» the panel writes.

If valuations are favorable and quality of market action suggests that investors have a robust preference to take risk, a substantial exposure to market fluctuations can be very rewarding.

In one astonishing interview, dressed in his trademark dark suit and skinny tie, Miller told CBS's John Dickerson, without irony, «Our opponents, the media and the whole world, will soon see, as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.»

If Suarez could not accord an act taken as an action of change even the status of a real accident, but located it in the sphere of potential and relative being, then he surely would not have held that formed action could constitute the substantial being of anything.

For every allegation that is made, I have said I will consider the accusation seriously, we will investigate and if those allegations are substantial that requires that I take action against a Minister, I will do so.

«It is critical that we take action to create jobs and generate substantial tax revenue for New York City and State,» Golden said in a statement.

The United States has already undertaken substantial policy action to reduce its emissions, taking the necessary steps to place us on a path to achieve the 2020 target of reducing emissions in the range of 17 percent below the 2005 level in 2020.

It also claimed there was substantial reason to believe Collins took official action or requested official actions that would benefit the company he had a significant financial interest in.

Congressional investigators say there is a «substantial reason to believe» Republican Rep. Chris Collins of New York shared material, non-public information about a drug company he had a major financial stake in and took official actions to assist the company.

Congressional investigators say there is a «substantial reason to believe» Republican Rep. Chris Collins of New York shared material, non-public information about a drug company he had a major financial stake in and took official actions to assist the...

The groups also called for timelines for all countries to develop those national baselines and for Congress to appropriate a «substantial and meaningful sum» for the next three years in foreign aid to developing countries to create the baselines and take other preparatory actions.

Standing to lose a substantial amount of money and lose their business, the brainiacs decide the best course of action is to kidnap Rex and ransom him because contract law enforcement even without a contract would be too sensical a route to take to recoup losses.

That, though, was but one of a rash of Ip Man films to emerge in the wake of 2008's «Ip Man,» which starred Hong Kong action hero Donnie Yen and took substantial liberties with Ip's life story.

Seventy - seven per cent of teachers are not content with the 2017 pay increase; 49 per cent were prepared to take strike action on the 2017 pay increase; and 50 per cent are expecting a substantial pay offer in 2018.

It's like every idea previously seen in the series has been brought out of the cupboard, cleaned up, polished until it shines and pieced together thoughtfully to create a stealth - action that boasts a substantial amount of potential ways of tackling objectives, like unleashing a perfect assault where you take out a base's power supply and communications before then proceeding to crash a tank through the front gate, gun down the major threats, leap out and use the cover of darkness to grab a couple of high value targets whose abilities will be a great boon to your own operations.

That said, given the timing of the presidential election, and given the fact that it takes awhile (even with a full - speed - ahead attitude) to make substantial changes to many things, a lot of the initial «action» should be aimed, in my view, at ensuring that our next president «gets it» when it comes to climate change and the types of solutions that will be necessary.

The United States also will take prompt, substantial action to help the least developed and most vulnerable countries adapt and build resilience to the impacts of climate change.»

Therefore, the idea of taking international legal action against the countries that are warming the planet has substantial merit.

But fossil fuel companies are substantial contributors to the problem, and therefore must take responsibility for their actions.

One of the recommendations intended to speed things up is for the food industry to «take broad, common, and urgent voluntary action to make substantial improvements» to marketing aimed at kids.

If the public is fully informed of the magnitude of the existing consensus in the scientific community, if the public is informed of how our modification of the atmosphere is effecting the climate, if the public learn of the magnitude of the effect those changes will have on the common wealth of the entire world, which I expect he would admit is necessarily going to be quite negative, and if the public are then presented with the choice of voting for a government which would take substantial meaningful action, does he suppose that the reaction would then be to do nothing?

Three separate and substantial six figure contractual disputes and claims including Offshore issues and two claims where action was taken to pierce the corporate veil and effect recovery from Directors.

If your client, as the manufacturer or local distributor, has not taken effective steps to ensure that its product is manufactured properly, your client could find itself facing substantial fines from regulatory authorities along with class actions that can put a serious dent in your client's bottom line.

Less than a year into silk, Nathan Pillow QC is already taking the lead on major cases, specialising in substantial civil fraud and asset recovery actions.

Firstly, when considering the suitability of the proposed class under s. 5 (1) of the Class Proceedings Act, 1992, he found that Ontario did not have a sufficiently real and substantial connection to the underlying facts and class members in the proposed class action for the Ontario courts to properly take jurisdiction over the proceeding.

Therefore, the High Court passed undertakings by which traders committed not to «create the false impression that the consumer has already won, will win or will on doing a particular act win, a prize or equivalent benefit, when in fact taking any action recommended by the [trader] in relation to claiming the prize or other equivalent benefit is subject to the consumer paying money or incurring a cost which is either: (a) a substantial proportion of the unit cost to the defendant of the provision to the consumer of the thing described as a prize or other equivalent benefit; or (b) in the case of a charge stated to be for delivery and insurance, used by the defendant to finance in whole or in part its acquisition, handling or other cost of the making available of that thing, other than the actual cost of its delivery to the consumer and insurance (if any) in transit» (account rendered by the CJEU in C - 428 / 11 at para 20, emphasis added).

And then, of course, there's Shekhdar v. K&M Engineering and Consulting Corp., 2004 CanLII 19241 (ON S.C.), which, though reversed, 2006 CanLII 17742, led subsequent judges, in Skyway Canada Ltd. v. Clara Industrial Services Ltd., 2005 CanLII 42253 (ON S.C.), para, 23, and Chateau Des Charmes Wines Ltd. v. Sabate, USA, Inc., 2005 CanLII 39869 (ON S.C.), para. 28, to say, «A forum selection clause will not induce a court to take jurisdiction if the action has no real and substantial connection with the jurisdiction».

«The end result of this is that our opponents, the media and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country, are very substantial and will not be questioned.»

In determining whether to take action, the ACCC gives enforcement priority to matters that demonstrate one or more of a range of factors such as whether the conduct is of significant public interest or concern, is conduct resulting in a substantial consumer (including small business) detriment, is unconscionable conduct, particularly involving large national companies or traders, or is conduct demonstrating a blatant disregard for the law.

«Foremost among these tools is enforcement action against companies that fail to honor their privacy promises... Accordingly, the FTC takes very seriously recent press reports raising substantial concerns about the privacy practices of Facebook.»

The Patent Office took quick action on the request, recognizing this substantial new question of patentability less than a month after the request was filed.

In most cases where a Court does restrict custody of one parent, the Court will be required to articulate certain conditions or actions the parent can take to regain more substantial custody.

NAR supports the proposed amendments that will provide consumers with their credit score used in making a credit decision when the score results in less favorable terms to the consumer than the most favorable terms available to a substantial proportion of consumers or when a creditor notifies consumers against whom it has taken an adverse action.

79 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Pagano - disclosure of agency relationships; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; unauthorized practice of law; unearned commissions; vicarious liability; fraudulent practice; jurisdiction; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS has jurisdiction after expiration of respondents» licenses as acts of misconduct occurred and the proceedings were commenced while the respondents were licensed; licensee fails to timely provide seller client with agency disclosure form prior to entering into listing agreement and fails to timely provide agency disclosure form to buyer upon first substantive contact; broker fails to make it clear for which party he is acting; broker violates 19 NYCRR 175.24 by using exclusive right to sell listing agreement without mandatory definitions of «exclusive right to sell» and «exclusive agency»; broker breaches fiduciary duties to seller clients by misleading them as to buyer's ability to financially consummate the transaction; broker breaches his fiduciary duty to seller by referring seller to the attorney who represented the buyers when he knew or should have known such attorney could not properly protect seller's interests; improper for broker to use listing agreements providing for broker to retain one half of any deposit if forfeited by buyer as such forfeiture clause could, by its terms, allow broker to retain part of the deposit when broker did not earn a commission; broker must conduct business under name as it appears on license; broker engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in preparing contracts for purchase and sale of real estate which did not contain a clause making it subject to the approval of the parties» attorneys and were not a form recommended by a joint bar / real estate board committee; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using sales contract which purported to change the terms of the listing agreement to include a higher commission; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using contracts of sale which were unclear, ambiguous, vague and incomplete; broker failed to amend purchase agreement to reflect amendment to increase deposit amount; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in back - dating purchase agreements; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in participating in scheme to have seller hold undisclosed second mortgage and to mislead first mortgagee about the purchaser's financial ability to purchase; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness by claiming unearned commission and filing affidavit of entitlement for unearned commission; DOS fails to establish by substantial evidence that respondent acted as undisclosed dual agent; corporate broker bound by the knowledge acquired by and is responsible for acts committed by its licensees within the actual or apparent scope of their authority; corporate and individual brokers» licenses revoked, no action taken on application for renewal until proof of payment of sum of $ 2,000.00 plus interests for deposits unlawfully retained