Sentence examples for a stern application of from inspiring English sources

"It's very disappointing; this splurge in credit creation has taken off again," said George Magnus, a senior economic adviser to UBS. "What you need to put this genie back in the bottle is quite a stern application of oversight and supervision".

Kirk Edwards was lbw for one, playing round a fast, full one from the same bowler, but the tourists began to mount a stern defence through the application of diminutive opener Adrian Barath and the much-heralded Bravo.

Amy Bay and Oona Stern have collaborated on "ReSurfacing," a patchwork application of faux finishes to discreet areas of the building's exterior.

Larsen was a stern clinician of privilege, not a sentimentalist.

And Pavel Gabov was a stern incarnation of old age.

This judgment followed a stern weighing of evidence.

Underpinning modernism was a stern sense of morality.

And she's a stern critic of my work.

The severity of the economic downturn will set a stern test of lenders' credit management.

But every dose, delivered in America, comes with a stern warning of its potential side-effects.

Acton was a stern critic of nationalism; his liberalism was rooted in Christianity.