1.  Although small in number, the cancellations may represent the largest action taken by a National Football League team to curb objectionable conduct.

2.  In March, the Federal Trade Commission sued Associates in what the agency said was its largest action to date against predatory lending.

3.  It is believed to be the largest civil action ever brought by the state.

4.  Despite a day of airstrikes by allied forces in the largest military action in the history of NATO, there were indications of progress toward a Balkans peace deal.

5.  It was the largest military action by Croatian and Bosnian Serbs in months, said another U.N. spokesman, Lt. Col. Chris Vernon.

6.  The offensive was the largest military action since fighting between the rebels and the government subsided in late March, but there were no reports of casualties.

7.  Snipe is the largest combat action for the British troops since they began deploying in Afghanistan in March to back up US and other coalition forces.

8.  The committee accused the government of victimising its members during the largest ever industrial action by state employees in this southern Africa nation.