Sentence examples for blanket measure from inspiring English sources

"This is important to communicate to both the public and policymakers, who see the tax as a blanket measure on obesity," write Adam Briggs from the British Heart Foundation health promotion research group at Oxford University and his colleagues.

Rather than seeking a blanket measure requiring planning approval, the council drew up its own policies, aimed at ensuring that developments could go ahead only once it had become clear that a pub was not viable.

If such a "blanket measure" is at odds with practices in some other European countries, Clarke continued, then it is nevertheless permitted because it is within the UK's so-called "margin of appreciation" – the flexibility allowed for local differences in regulations.

This means that the requirement should be imposed not as a blanket measure for all PPPs but based on the risk assessment for the individual PPP.

This is important to communicate to both the public and policy makers, who see the tax as a blanket measure on obesity.

We are against blanket measures, as every case should be judged on its own merits.

What you don't want to do is to take blanket measures to cut off travel and trade".

In its latest Iran sanctions, the Obama administration has emphasized individual companies and people over blanket measures against the country.

The bill that eventually authorized the reconstruction funds is vague, allowing for blanket measures that would help "reinvigorate Japan," seemingly making none of the diverted spending strictly illegal.

Peter Lloyd, a director of Supporters Direct, said: "We want football-only laws to be rescinded and that the authorities focus on the wrongdoers, not the vast majority of people through blanket measures such as 'dry trains'.

Instead of blanket measures, they focus more on diseases relating to "lifestyle" decisions like obesity and smoking, and their estimates include costs for lost productivity in addition to medical expenses.