Sentence examples for Very draconian from inspiring English sources

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It's very draconian.

Her very draconian posture provoked a punk radicalism in the popular culture that changed a generation.

The terms for setting up a new bank should be very draconian.

"There are very draconian smoking laws in Los Angeles," he says, sheepishly.

The union delegate characterized the league's stance on player contract issues as "very draconian" and said, "We're very, very far apart" in that area.

The development and transport minister announced the step, which is seen as very draconian, as those who resist going back to work will be automatically fired.

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"This is really Draconian," Ms. Westfall said.

The old code's very incomprehensibility and Draconian levels {taxes exceed the national income} played into the hands of local mafias that would demand protection money to keep tax collectors at bay.

A third post will propose some very simple but draconian steps that would limit Google's power, allow it to earn profits on its areas of expertise, and create a far more open, more fair, and less deceptive marketplace for search.

You may only be vaguely aware that it is the very island from which the draconian Suharto government, 46 years ago, sent some 12,000 alleged Communists to another island in the Moluccas, Buru Island.

The state of Utah, where Mormon influence is very strong, has a relatively draconian anti-polygamy law whose apparent purpose is to penalise dissident offshoots from the mainstream Mormon faith: groups which hold to the belief that polygamy (or more precisely polygyny, marriage between a man and several women) is ordained by God.

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