Sentence examples for milder measures from inspiring English sources

The senator substantively set himself apart from Mr. Bush, who earlier this week recommended milder measures.

If those proved useless, people say, the milder measures of a democratic society stand even less chance of working.

"We use milder measures than the United States used in Afghanistan, facing a similar threat, if not a bigger one," the official said.

If milder measures failed, the commission said, the United States should consider giving companies the right to retaliate against cyberattackers with counterstrikes of their own.

Until now, they have taken a series of milder measures, such as cutting the reserve ratio requirement and reducing interest rates, mindful of the painful hangover that resulted from the huge 4tn yuan stimulus they adopted to stave off the last crisis.

Because of their influence, state workers last year avoided not only layoffs but even milder measures like a wage freeze similar to the one New York City employees negotiated to help the city recover from its fiscal crisis in 1975.

Last year, a milder measure failed in the Senate, 57 to 42.

Even mild measures can have surprising bite.

European authorities have already missed many opportunities to calm investors down with relatively mild measures.

But while all the major fossil fuel firms rank close to the bottom of the group's table, BP emerges as Europe's strongest advocate of dirty energy, opposing even mild measures to raise carbon trading prices.

Even the rather mild measures that the South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, announced on Monday — which included the drastic reduction of inter-Korean trade and resumption of the propaganda war along the demilitarized zone — have caused widespread hand-wringing.