Sentence examples for that drastic measures from inspiring English sources

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Results of SWAT scenario calculations showed that drastic measures, which are unrealistic from a socio-economic point of view, would be needed to achieve the water quality target in the basin (reduction of arable land from 77.2% to 46%[13%% organic farming], increase of pasture from 4%to15%5%, afforestation from 10% to 21%, increase of protected wetlands from 0%to9%9%, etc).

Authorities realized that drastic measures were needed.

Many Filipinos continue to support Duterte, accepting his argument that drastic measures are needed to stop the Philippines becoming a "narco state".

An accompanying editorial said that Rwanda's population "is already big enough" and that "drastic measures" were needed to keep it from growing.

Policymakers, demographers and military men all thought rapid population growth was the biggest single threat to mankind and that drastic measures would be needed to rein it in.

Prime Minister BJ Vorster's ruling clique had decided that drastic measures were needed to boost their image internationally and among English-speaking South African whites.

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He realized that his only chance lay in setting fire to the enemy fleet, and it was by that drastic measure that he managed to gain the upper hand.

That drastic measure, and the linguistic contortions dictated by history that surround it, illustrate the highly charged nature of an intensifying debate about immigration in Germany, the European country with the largest population, and, at seven million, the largest number of foreigners.

Absent that drastic measure, his advice remains "Don’t ask the barber whether you need a haircut.” (See "The Wit And Wisdom of Warren Buffett").

Earlier this month, in what may be one of the last chances to bring EU law to bear on the issue, the high court ruled that the government had knowingly failed to draw up plans to bring it within legal limits and there must be immediate action, even if that means drastic measures to curtail traffic.

Alcohol is depicted as either fun, as in the red wine fests on the ABC sitcom "Cougar Town," or it's a life-destroying scourge that requires drastic measures, as on "Intervention" on A&E or "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew," which returned last week on VH1 for a fourth season.

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