Sentence examples for less stern with from inspiring English sources

The policies he had championed from his prison cell, including reform of the ruling party and an end to extravagant and corruption-prone building projects, had already been adopted by Abdullah Badawi, Malaysia's prime minister since 2003.Singaporean officials have become less stern with their own citizens.

It is also made of less stern stuff, mostly carved Styrofoam coated with reinforced fiberglass and exterior drywall, rather than the iron supports and beaten copper of the original.

Brian Oliver devotes a chapter, entitled "Con Man", to the unedifying saga, but in the main focuses on the positives and the personalities of an event founded in 1930 with the intention of being "merrier and less stern" than the Olympics.

Mr. Fieldsteel seemed more relaxed and less stern.

But the designer's modern architecture has moved closer to the body, and the subtle cuts, combined with transparent panels artfully built into the streamlined silhouette, made his collection less stern and more seductive.

The eyes under those thick eyebrows had become less stern, and he appeared well-meaning.

To actively wish for the discussion to become less serious and more frivolous and packed stem to stern with facile deceptions masquerading as poetic license deserves to be condemned.

"I was very stern with him early," Lucas said.

The ship was measured from bow to stern with a 100 m surveyor's tape.

Be stern with your buyers.

If they are persistent, be stern with them, but remain polite.