Hopefully it will only be years and not decades before corrective action.

Now she was back on the bridge, restless as always in the last minutes before action.

Consulted: Whom one must consult before action is taken on this contract/service.

There's an old tradition at sea to give your men a good feed before action.

It had little reaction to the seizure before military action.

But the environmental laws do not require absolute certainty before action to address a clear problem.

John Paul suggested that we wait another twenty-four hours before action of any kind.

The next morning, Whale damaged another before action was broken off.

It was always thus for him before desperate action.

We saw them playing it in a fence corner before action.