Sentence examples similar to an assertive measure from inspiring English sources

Reponses to abuse stretched across a continuum from acquiescent to assertive measures (see Table  3).

Following details on types of abuse, we present responses to abuse as described by women and their partners, categorized on a scale from acquiescent to assertive measures.>> The most common negative experience described across respondents entailed feeling ignored or neglected.

But he rejected more assertive measures like establishing a no-fly zone or a humanitarian corridor to help refugees.

In a campaign statement issued on Tuesday, Mr. Romney called for "more assertive measures to end the Assad regime".

"The Irish authorities have taken assertive measures to deal with the banking crisis," said Conny Lotze, an I.M.F.

The authorities also appeared to have taken assertive measures to keep the numbers at the anti-Kremlin rally low.

Malthouse said the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government had been "cajoling" private owners to remove the cladding and was now considering "more assertive" measures.

Conservative in his interpretation of the Confucian Classics, Sima argued for the cause of good government through moral leadership rather than by assertive measures and through the improved functioning of tested institutions rather than by drastic changes.

Even though the bulk of counterfeits, illegal, and fake goods being sold to U.S. consumers are coming from China, Beijing has taken assertive measures to ensure that merchants in other countries do not attempt to do the same thing to them.

While al-Shabaab's reported withdrawal from Mogadishu may bring some respite to civilians in the capital from the incessant fighting, future abuses are likely unless the warring parties take assertive measures to end them, Human Rights Watch said.

Responses to abuse highlighted in this study range from acquiescent to assertive measures.