Sentence examples for sobering lesson from inspiring English sources

Japan's gross public debt has reached 180% of GDP, according to the OECD (see chart 2).The sobering lesson is that conventional policy may not prevent a prolonged deflationary slump.

France, which firmly keeps religion out of education, has many indifferent schools and does a poor job of educating children of north African origin.One sobering lesson from Birmingham is that academic results are often a poor guide to the health of a school.

[World Business, Section W.] A Sobering Lesson in Stock History Stock market history suggests that recapturing the long-term average of 7percentt a year is far from a sure thing.

I think it's a sobering lesson for Americans.

For many in the legal industry, Dewey's turmoil is a sobering lesson on unchecked ambitions.

The increased use of the word is the sign of a sobering lesson.

But doing this in the midst of a global recession was a sobering lesson in uncertainty.

Japanese firms' decade-long efforts to repay debt provide a sobering lesson.

Similarly, the tragedy of Tiananmen was a sobering lesson for would-be democratic revolutionaries.

The problems of cleaning up Czech industry provide a sobering lesson for other Central European countries.

The Nov. 6 vote in Cuyahoga County offered a sobering lesson.