Sentence examples for intrusive step from inspiring English sources

Neighborhood opponents wonder whether a landing would be an intrusive step toward commercialization of the park.

Now it seems the only way to keep lights burning in California is to let the state government take the ugly and intrusive step of propping these companies up until they get their financial houses in order and their credit ratings restored.

North Korea did not react immediately, although its reclusive government has said in the past that ship inspections or other intrusive steps would be considered acts of war.

The Copyright Alert System jointly developed by the major movie studios, record labels and largest ISPs doesn't threaten to cut off anyone's Internet access, but it does send out warnings and take increasingly intrusive steps to prod broadband subscribers to stop piracy.

They limited the request to the two months when the leak most likely occurred, and did not propose more intrusive investigative steps.

The in-game advertising with the letter K appearing on creeps referring to a sponsor is intrusive and a step too far.

It signed an accord allowing more intrusive inspections, all steps that Saddam Hussein refused to take.

The eurosceptic politician said the UK should step up intrusive checks on cars and lorries to make it more difficult to cross borders.

"It sounds to me like the administration has gotten the North Koreans to agree to some intrusive and significant verification steps," said Gary Samore, a vice president at the Council on Foreign Relations who helped negotiate the Clinton administration's 1994 agreement with North Korea.

(Years ago, the residents of Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles, got fed up with this sort of intrusive behavior and took steps to do something about it, passing legislation that allowed the local law enforcement not only to stop and ticket the offending drivers but to physically remove the car stereos as well).

But the uppity piano thumps out an intrusive B flat, a half-step up, as if to say, "Take that".