Sentence examples for being too draconian from inspiring English sources

He said there had been concerns by some in Conwy that the council was being "too draconian" in its approach and was penalising people too quickly over issues such as a no smoking sign not being displayed.

Citizens Advice is worried the scheme will be too draconian.

But can we be too draconian in our concerns over the gender divide?

The tourist industry says it was too draconian in imposing countryside access restrictions and too slow to lift them.

It's still being investigated by the International Tennis Federation, but do you believe a potential one-Slam suspension is too draconian?

Capital controls have so far not been "too Draconian," said Yougesh Khatri, senior Southeast Asia economist at Nomura, in a conference call from Singapore on Thursday.

The Brazilian finance minister, Guido Mantega, told reporters that the debt-reduction targets could compromise economic growth and would be "too draconian" for certain countries to meet.

But his administration apparently decided to do so by executive order because it feared that any legislation passed by Congress might be too draconian.

Opposition parties railed against the measures, which many Greeks complain are too draconian and will only set off a recession that will compound the debt problem.

They say that taking away a family's livelihood is too draconian a punishment — especially for a family that will now have two children to raise.

"The rule proposed by the S.E.C. is too draconian to be implemented in its present form," said Phil Gramm, a Texas Republican who is the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.