Sentence examples for round of measures from inspiring English sources
When President Clinton decided to delay a new round of measures last fall after Britain showed some softening of its position, Chiquita officials were keenly disappointed.
"The E.U. pressure is helpful to provide an alibi for the next round of measures, because everyone in Greece realizes that the E.U. is our lifeline".
These will probably be extensions of a round of measures taken last month, which targeted Russia's energy, finance and arms sectors.
"If there is another attack, God forbid, we're going to see a whole new round of measures, and they will be far more extreme than what we've seen," she said.
Britain got a vote of confidence from Moody's on Thursday, which said the government's second round of measures to stave off financial collapse is "reducing the risk of a sharp contraction of credit in the short term".
RBS' trading update came on the same day that the British government announced a second round of measures designed to stimulate the U.K. economy and encourage banks to lend.
Since 2009, for example, Singapore has announced four rounds of measures to cool property markets, including higher loan-to-value ratios, a ban on interest-only mortgages and a stamp tax on relatively quick resales.
Singapore's government has introduced six rounds of measures to cool rising home prices, including an additional stamp duty aimed at foreign buyers and a cap on tenures for all new residential property loans.
America, which faces less economic blowback from sanctions, is showing more resolve.Having targeted senior Kremlin figures, an oligarch and Vladimir Putin's favourite bank in three earlier rounds of measures, America is preparing to add more of the president's allies to the list.
While the Greek Parliament is preparing to vote on a third round of austerity measures this week, a renowned Greek constitutional scholar argues that these measures are not only destructive but illegal.
Spain this week imposed its latest round of austerity measures.
