Sentence examples for particularly draconian from inspiring English sources

– the measure is not a particularly draconian attack on the City.

The cuts are a particularly draconian example of the trimming going on around the orchestra world after the recession.

Super-injunctions are a particularly draconian type that forbids the press from even reporting that an injunction exists.

In California, which has a particularly draconian law, a man who shoplifted $153.54 worth of videotapes was sent to jail for 50 years.

Abeer Mishkhas, a columnist who writes frequently about women's rights, wrote in Arab News that the woman seemed to have been singled out for particularly draconian treatment.

The church also lays out the disadvantage it faces on the clock (see "Religious Event," bottom):                                                     This table is misleading in one way: it implies that religious groups are singled out for particularly draconian sign rules.

Of course, more jobs could still disappear, particularly if draconian regulatory reforms are enacted.

A petty tyrant who steps out of line is liable to spend up to six months in prison.Such remedies are draconian, particularly given that vandalism the most measurable kind of anti-social behaviour has been declining since 1995 (see chart).

Anthony Albanese has signalled Labor has gone too far in supporting the Abbott government's national security agenda, particularly the new "draconian" restrictions on press freedom which would see journalists jailed for between five and 10 years.

The article also reported on the wider debate around the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)'s sanctions regime, seen by charities and welfare advice organisations as being excessively draconian, particularly since a new, tougher regime was introduced by the coalition in October 2012.

In October, the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed legislation to reform draconian federal sentencing laws — particularly for drug offenders — and begin to address the over-incarceration that has devastated poor and minority communities.