Sentence examples for take severe measures from inspiring English sources

"I'll take severe measures against those that do," he said on state television last month.

When he ordered the police to take severe measures to prevent the outbreak of riots, he succeeded only in contributing further to the mounting discontent that erupted in March (February, Old Style) 1917, in a series of strikes and riots that overthrew the imperial regime, including Protopopov.

These countries as well as others had been forced to take severe measures in order to reduce their budgetary deficits as well as the amount of government debt that had already been substantial before the crisis and then further increased.

On the one hand, almost anyone in the empire was perfectly aware of the fact that Justinian had, right from the beginning of his reign, taken severe measures to eradicate philosophy as a way of pagan life and learning, both private and public.

In that office, he took severe measures aimed at stopping arbitrary oppression of the populace and thievery.

"There are public laws in this state," he said at the time, "and it's our positive duty to deal with fornication just as we do with thievery, lying and cheating, by taking severe disciplinary measures against the offenders".

Yet despite the objection of the American Foreign Service Association, the State Department has taken severe punitive measures.

At 11 am on 9 May, Major Sỹ announced to nearly 800 youthful pro-Buddhist demonstrators that "oppositionist agitators" had forced troops to take the severe measures to maintain order in the face of Việt Cộng agitation.

And I know that several teams are taking pretty severe measures to ensure that they can comply with those requirements.

"It really becomes pernicious because the uncertainty increases, corporate confidence is badly battered, and you get these severe measures being taken".

Livingstone's reputation took several severe bashings.