Sentence examples for firm and effective from inspiring English sources
On top of everything else, a regulator has to be firm and effective to gain credibility.
C. 587 BCE Periander, (died c. 587 bce) second tyrant of Corinth (c. 627 587 bce), a firm and effective ruler who exploited his city's commercial and cultural potential.
The ICB was not prescriptive about precisely which parts of a bank's business should sit inside the ringfence – for instance the sale of interest rate swaps to small businesses – but Vickers said that the ringfence would need "firm and effective" regulation.
As someone who spent long hours working for his election, and who basked in the glow of the inaugural events, I am heartsick about this failure to offer strong, firm and effective leadership, particularly at a time when our country so desperately needs it.
"We need firm dates for MSY, and we need a firm and effective discard ban as part of the basic rules," said Ms Damanaki.
The braking is firm and effective, making 60 to zero just as pleasant.
It declared that, "Authorities of all countries should demonstrate vision and resolution and take firm, decisive and effective measures in a responsible and timely manner to rise to the challenge of the financial crisis".
"Good sentencing is a combination of firm punishment and effective reform of the offender," he will say.
The third stage: Given the R&D investments of each firm and the effective R&D effort (as determined by the R&D network), firms compete in the product market by setting quantities (Cournot competition) in order to maximize their profits.
Meanwhile, Abdullah, a close ally of the US and Britain, demanded "firm, swift, direct and effective action to stop Israel's provocative measures in Jerusalem that seek to change its identity and threaten holy sites".
In his biographical sketch for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Philip Williamson depicts Bondfield as "physically short and stout ... with sparkling eyes, a firm, brisk manner, and effective, sometimes inspired, public speaking".
