Sentence examples for severe steps from inspiring English sources

Before such severe steps were taken, however, the dealer was summoned to Uncle Sal's, a restaurant run by the Gravano family in Arizona, federal prosecutors said.

Proponents say that less severe steps are likely, like requiring automakers to make improvements by using more fuel-efficient technologies or measures to expand public transportation.

For now, the West has shied from severe steps to punish Russia, such as ousting it from the Group of 8.

The autonomy of office managers meant that harder-hit offices, like those in California and Washington, took more severe steps to rein in costs.

A Focus on Prevention Since then, countries visited by this new plague have taken increasingly severe steps in order to control further spread of a disease that has eluded many conventional infection barriers.

He initially tried to shave off the pounds with grilled chicken and vegetables, but when that didn't work, he took severe steps.

Switzerland has banned sales of Volkswagen diesel cars in the most severe step taken so far by a government in reaction to the emissions crisis.

"It is a very severe step, asking someone of Bobby Pawar's stature to leave," he said, adding that it would not have been a local decision.

But if Commissioner Bud Selig is intent on trying to take that severe step, here is a modest proposal: lop Florida off the major league map and no one will miss it.

Since Clemens's intent was unknowable to the umpiring crew, and no one was hurt in the incident, his ejection would have been a severe step that would have deprived the Yankees of one of their most effective starting pitchers before the end of the first inning.

After all, reducing benefits is a severe step that would hurt a lot of the people who are most in need.