Sentence examples for drastic intervention from inspiring English sources

The killing and pillaging had become savage enough to require a drastic intervention.

And a leaked internal memo suggested that the administration was considering a drastic intervention in America's electricity markets to do so.

Without drastic intervention, more powerful storms, floods and fires, as well as billions of dollars in damage to our economy, await the next generation of Americans.

It can arise in any regional war where drastic intervention looks hard either because voters lack the stomach, or because the human and military costs look too high.

Participants at last week's meeting between the leadership and administration economic advisers said Mr. Boehner was among those most willing to endorse a drastic intervention, a position he emphasized in a later television interview, calling for speedy action.

My brother is only 55, and without drastic intervention – gastric bypass surgery or a sudden resolve on his part that I fear is unlikely – I doubt he'll see 60.

It is one of society's most drastic interventions".

Moreover, if there were an outside possibility of something catastrophic, such as a 6°C rise, that could justify drastic interventions.

Before the 19th century, laypeople had begun to catch on that such drastic interventions "didn't help you and in fact could be harmful," Dr. Leonard said.

Last year Democrats in Congress proposed that schools that missed testing targets for many groups still face drastic interventions, but schools that missed targets for only one group would no longer have to offer students transfers or free tutoring.

But they hardly represent the kind of "drastic" interventions that continue to drive public perception of No Child Left Behind, and that lawmakers in both parties are working to prevent in the future.