Sentence examples for firm measures from inspiring English sources
"We will take firm measures when needed".
Sometimes, an incident might make international headlines, outrage is expressed and firm measures are avowed by governments in light of international pressure.
The Americans, who convened last night's Nato meeting, are pushing for firm measures against Belgrade, and Britain will probably support Washington in the usual way.
When riots broke out in Petrograd (St . Petersburg on March 8 , 1917 Nicholas instructed the city commandant to take firm measures and sent troops to restore order.
But firm measures will probably have to wait until EU leaders meet in late June, and Angela Merkel holds a conference on the issue in Berlin on 3 July.
He created a consulting company that would work for only one firm in an industry, or "competitive set" — the group of companies against which a firm measures its own performance.
That is about 1.5percentt of the $4.25 trillion in funds that the firm measured.
That was a 15percentt drop, and the firm measured similar declines at Morpheus and iMesh.
The move by Credit Suisse follows by about two weeks a similar rule instituted by Merrill Lynch, the largest American brokerage firm measured by the number of brokers employed.
PaineWebber, the fourth-biggest brokerage firm measured by the number of brokers, said that it had named Walter Hulce to succeed Mr. Reed and was actively pursuing other replacements.
Morgan Stanley, the biggest securities firm measured by market value, said it earned $1.46 billion, or $1.26 a diluted share, in the quarter that ended May 31, compared with $1.15 billion, or 97 cents a share, in the second quarter of 1999.
