Sentence examples for a harsh measure from inspiring English sources

He stressed in his final conclusions that "solitary confinement is a harsh measure which may cause serious psychological and physiological adverse effects on individuals regardless of their specific conditions".

The first three games — at Miami, against New England and at San Diego — provide a harsh measuring stick.

Longevity can be a harsher measure of success than sales or quality.

He helped to replace Mr McCain's immigration-reform bill with a harsher measure that authorised the building of a 700-mile (1,100km) fence along the Mexican border.

"Then I would base my decision on what he told me he had done and I would adopt a very harsh measure on that.

John Edwards disavowed his past vote in favor of a harsh bankruptcy measure, as did Hillary Clinton.

He said in his letter that energy must come first and that Democrats appeared to be rushing to take up immigration because of rising anti-immigrant sentiment, including a harsh new measure signed into law in Arizona on Friday.

It is a harsh, punitive measure that will not curb illegal immigration but will probably score political points.

Even by the harsh measure of the Outback, it is a remote place — closer to Jakarta than to Sydney, which is some two thousand miles to the southeast.

In the months since Morsi's ouster, Egyptian authorities have taken a series of harsh measures against the Muslim Brotherhood.

Republican state legislators had threatened to pass an even harsher measure if the board failed to act.