1.  Conclusion Commitment and firm action are necessary in order to improve the standard of financial accountability in the public sector.

2.  Firm action would show both sides that the EU and the UN really meant business.

3.  Lack of any firm action by the police even led the Board to take the whole issue to the High Court.

4.  The Metropolitan Police will not hesitate to take firm action to free communities from this tiny minority.

5.  Their teeth are sharp, and if you are bitten it is important to take firm action.

6.  There are, no doubt, some circumstances where firm action is urgently necessary and where vacillation or debate would be fatal.

7.  We need firm action to deal with the problem.

8.  Firm action is needed to keep the situation from getting out of control.

9.  It also asks councils to remove grass cuttings, which kill the plants underneath, and to take firm action to prevent farmers from ploughing up verges.

10.  But without firm Government action, the health professionals can do little.