Sentence examples for austere reductions from inspiring English sources

And even though some council members have acknowledged privately that efforts to pursue tax increases to help raise revenues would be unsuccessful, they were still looking for alternatives to many of the mayor's austere reductions.

Spending cuts are necessary to bring down the debt, but they cannot be the austere cuts Republicans are proposing; deficit reduction cannot be achieved by reducing only programs for the most vulnerable.

But austerity seems much less austere if you are old.

Unsurprisingly in view of its composition, the new government is adopting a less austere budgetary stance than its centre-right predecessor, with a greater emphasis on spending increases than tax reductions.

"Really austere.

Austere, yes.

These are austere times.

It's very austere".

Right now, they are austere.

They are austere & not artistic.

Austere his work is not.