Sentence examples for measures threatened from inspiring English sources

A second apparent merit is that whereas previous measures threatened intervention, the new model also offers support.

Other new measures threatened to control the Internet and curb free speech, according to the rights groups.

The Fawcett Society, the women's equality group, claimed the measures threatened the status of women as equal partners in the workplace, at home and in society.

Social support charities have made repeated warnings that a combination of economic stagnation and government austerity measures, threatened to plunge some of the country's poorest into food poverty.

Business leaders and many economists praised the moves as critical for containing India's fiscal deficit and attracting foreign investment, but rival political leaders pounced, as did some political allies of the government, saying the measures threatened the livelihoods of small shop owners and common people.

In replying on Tuesday to Judge Feldman's order, the Interior Department, joined by the Justice Department, stated that the continued suspension of drilling was required because continued operations without new safety measures threatened irreparable harm to the marine and coastal environment across the gulf.

Although benefits have accrued from the growth in quality measurement, the recent explosion in the number of measures threatens to shift resources from improving quality to cover a plethora of quality-performance metrics that may have a limited impact on the things that patients and payers want and need (ie, better outcomes, better care, and lower per capita costs).

That's an attractive combination when the economic outlook remains uncertain and huge stimulus measures threaten inflation eventually.

Developers, while not disputing that, say the administration's anti-growth measures threaten the housing that the state most needs.

Poor growth, widespread austerity programmes and the winding up of job-creating stimulus measures threaten further unemployment overall.

Because it is the last budget to be announced by the current government before the 2014 general election, many fear that the central government will resort to populist but costly measures, threatening the country's fiscal and economic health.