Sentence examples for drastic attempt from inspiring English sources

In a drastic attempt to stem the rouble sell-off, Russia's central bank raised interest rates to 17.5% on 16 December, from 10.5%.

A more drastic attempt to enforce a reduction in car use came into place today, and will be continued tomorrow if necessary by allowing cars and motorbikes with even-numbered registration plates on the roads.

In their drastic attempt to put Private Manning away for most of the rest of his life, prosecutors were also trying to discourage other potential leakers, but as the continuing release of classified documents by Edward Snowden shows, even the threat of significant prison time is not a deterrent when people believe their government keeps too many secrets.

Finally, in a drastic attempt to escape his obsession, Danny took an overdose but was saved by his mum, Penny".

Largely left to her own devices, Hushpuppy communes with the livestock (she has a gift for hearing the heartbeats of pigs and fowls), occasionally makes drastic attempts to feed herself (lighting the stove with a flamethrower) and ponders her memories of an absent mother.

These are all drastic attempts to create a new one, regardless of the negative impact it may have on him or the people around him.

Randy, the fashion consultant, suggested that the bride should not attempt drastic weight loss the last few weeks before the wedding.

Over the next two episodes, Jeff and Sharee engage in cave-people orgies, travel to a pre-Civil War plantation where they rescue three slaves, and take drastic measures in attempt to help a young Michael Jackson in 1963 Indiana.

After a drastic and somewhat unsuccessful attempt to rebel against her image in the gang-culture drama Havoc, Hathaway bagged a small role in Ang Lee's Oscar-winning romance Brokeback Mountain.

A number of companies have since re-evaluated their relationships with cycling, some disassociating themselves from the sport and others making drastic changes in an attempt to stop doping.

The risk is that the net migration target will force them to attempt more drastic reductions in work and especially student migration, simply because those are the easiest categories to control, and despite the fact that they are also the most economically beneficial categories, and the kind of immigration which surveys suggest the public are least bothered about.