Sentence examples for to take decisive steps from inspiring English sources

Even outside the church, both victims and law enforcement authorities were less likely to take decisive steps to expose and combat abuse.

She said it was "up to the government of Pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead" against militants, but did not give any details.

But in order for policymakers to take decisive steps, the general public in countries around the world need to be fully behind taking action to stop climate change.

The euro zone shares a common currency, but the political and economic union that underpins it has a limited ability to resolve disagreements among member states and to take decisive steps to resolve difficulties.

Japan's fundamentals remain "stable", he said this week, and the government is "ready to take decisive steps" (ie, buy yen in the foreign-exchange markets) to steady things.Unfortunately, the fundamentals are getting weaker rather than stronger.

"We will do our part," she said in remarks at the American Embassy here, "and we look to the government of Pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead".

IPU President Pier Ferdinando Casini is committed to ensuring that parliamentarians will take decisive steps to support the millions of children whose lives are being shadowed – and curtailed – by AIDS.

Barr said: "In this budget we take decisive steps to address coordination and communication issues to help our hardworking staff on the front line identify and prevent family violence.

"President Mohamed Morsi needs to acknowledge the deep and longstanding problem of sectarian violence in Egypt and take decisive steps to address it before it escalates further," said Nadim Houry, deputy director for the North Africa and Middle East program at Human Rights Watch.

Western democracies should take decisive steps to limit Russian and Chinese economic influence over their societies and to impose transparency on government-sponsored institutions (such as the Confucius Institutes).

Russia must still take decisive steps to combat corruption and achieve reform.