Sentence examples for fierce measures from inspiring English sources

Price-fixing also undermines faith in the benefits of markets, such as it is.In America, authorities have been adopting fierce measures against price-fixing, on and off, for over a hundred years.

The referendum is a key step in the political transition plan the interim government has billed as a path to democracy as it continues to take fierce measures against the Brotherhood, Egypt's best organised party until last year.

If the fiercest measure the US has taken is to break off somewhat fitful talks on Syria, and the strongest response Russia has chosen to offer is the suspension of a single arms agreement that Moscow anyway accuses Washington of breaking, that says a lot in itself.

Fierce austerity measures, imposed on a country that was told it did not need them, are unlikely to improve it.

But these days, faced with one of the most savage downturns in the history of a notoriously cyclical industry, Lufthansa is desperately trying to conserve cash and cut capacity to match plunging demand.The airline recently warned that without fierce cost-cutting measures it would fail to make even an operating profit this year.

She then reappeared in Parliament, where she is a fierce lobbyist for measures to protect women from violence, but she remains under 24-hour police protection.Now her government minders have found a house for her which in their view can be made secure, and the details of her move are being fine-tuned.

Despite fierce protests, no measures were taken either to prevent the human rights abuses or to punish the perpetrators.

Unlike Germany, Britain's economy probably struggled to generate meaningful growth in the second quarter and its prospects ahead look likely to be jaded by fierce fiscal austerity measures and high inflation.

The battle with the censor became increasingly fierce before any measure of freedom of the press was allowed.

But nowhere was the fight over ballot measures fiercer than in California, where spending on campaigning for and against 11 measures totaled nearly $370 million, according to MapLight, an organization that tracks campaign spending.

The Mayor's fierce support for Measure M gets two thumbs up from this transit rider, biker and pedestrian.