Sentence examples for measures targeted from inspiring English sources

Measures targeted at an army of overseas sellers using Amazon and eBay to evade VAT were at the heart of a £12bn tax clampdown announced by the chancellor.

For the five years of the coalition, they consistently voted for draconian austerity measures targeted at society's most vulnerable members which contributed to the alienation so ably chronicled in John Harris's series "Anywhere but Westminster".

But it cautioned that "there is serious risk that measures targeted too narrowly would have the unintended effect of encouraging a shift to other forms of transactions to the detriment of the U.S. economy in the long run".

The report acknowledges that we now know a lot more about the impact of human activity on the reef, with measures targeted at reducing their effects, such as pollution.

Mr Obama was to unveil measures targeted at making it harder for federal agencies to turn away applicants with prison records and assure them easier access to educational and housing opportunities.

The Corporate and Institutional Clients business is, we believe, substantially unaffected, with the measures targeted at a very small element of Hong Kong small businesses and a small business/retail customer set with some tens of millions of income where the risk-adjusted returns are no longer attractive anyway.

While a third resolution would ideally include additional measures targeting Iranian entities and officials, there are also non-punitive measures that would be equally significant.

Measures targeting high earners included cutting the amount they can put into their pension pot tax-free from £50,000 to £40,000, from 2014, raising £1bn.

"So our measures target legal aid at the people who will need legal support most, and at the most serious cases.

The same can be said for measures targeting higher earners and businesses.

Local measures targeting generalist predators appear as a reasonable strategy to maximize pollen beetle control.