Sentence examples for stern decision from inspiring English sources

A stern decision by the Irish referee Alain Rolland, who reacted to Sam Warburton's 18th minute tackle on Vincent Clerc by dismissing the Wales captain for dangerous play, gave the men in red a mountain too much to climb as they attempted to reach their first Rugby World Cup final.

And in looking back at Stern's decision, I am now convinced that we got punked.

Fifa 15 publisher Electronic Arts has launched a stern defence of its decision to reconfigure the transfer market within the game's popular Ultimate Team mode.

Late Thursday, London's mayor, Boris Johnson, summoned Sir Paul to City Hall for a stern lecture about his decision to hire Mr. Wallis in 2009, local news outlets reported, and Mr. Johnson said he would press for a full investigation.

Mr. Spitzer's complaint asserts that Security Trust, which has contracts with many of the industry's largest mutual fund families, let Mr. Stern postpone his purchase decisions until 8 30 p.m. each day.

The six studies to meet our criteria illustrated stakeholder perspectives on safety factors, including decision making (Sterns et al 1997; Johnson 1998, 2002), automobile use and alternative transportation (Kerschner and Aizenburg 1999), driving reduction and cessation (Kostyniuk and Shope 1998), and the consequences of mobility and driving (Burkhardt et al 1998).

The decision was a stern call to action, as well as a blow to a country's pride and prestige.

They were stern but compassionate, agonizing over decisions they knew might cost the lives of their men.

"I don't think they will raise rates again," he said, "but the verbiage accompanying their decision may be sterner than if they did raise rates.

But this past Friday, the oversight committee, on which Chaffetz sits, came under stern rebuke from the State Department for its decision to make public more than 100 pages of internal government cables and other documents relating to the Libya attack.

Moreover, the updating is at odds with the stern morality exemplified by Oberto, although Mr. Martone's decision to have Leonora appear visibly pregnant does intensify the circumstances that cause Oberto's distress.