Sentence examples for taking severe action from inspiring English sources

He said the roadside standoff was aimed at forcing the military government into taking "severe action".

"Our fear was that he would have to take severe action," after years of promising that he would not.

It was not a question of taking one or two pages out of the sports section, and our owners – the Scott Trust and the group board – rightly insisted we take severe action".

Mediator Seyoum Mesfin said leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the regional bloc overseeing the talks, will take severe action against anyone who breaks this latest agreement and report them to the African Union and UN Security Council.

Speculation has also swirled about whether the crisis will force GM to take severe actions once considered off-limits, like killing some of its brands or hacking its bloated dealer network.

Obviously I will take severe disciplinary action against anyone you identify as having responsibility.

He added: "The Gibraltar FA condemns spitting as a grossly unsporting act and will take severe disciplinary action against any Gibraltar player(s) found guilty of spitting on an opposition player".

I had to take severe evasive action to avoid flying into the debris and went up and to the left in a split-second.

The outgoing prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, frustrated over his inability to enforce arrest warrants for the Sudanese president and three others accused of war crimes in the Darfur conflict, recommended to the Security Council on Tuesday that it take more severe action against the defendants, including possibly seizing them inside Sudan for trial in The Hague.

If we knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that someone has a nuclear device in downtown Toronto that's going to go off within a defined period of time, and we've tried to talk to you and you're not cooperating, is there a point where for the greater good, law enforcement or some regulatory body should take more severe action?

During the bitter, close range action, Fisgard took severe damage and almost lost her opponent.