Sentence examples for was so draconian from inspiring English sources

"It was so draconian that it was difficult to enforce," Professor Freeman said.

Before that [became available], very few people with depression got treatment, because the treatment was so draconian.

Paul Waterson, chief executive of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, said the new law was so draconian that it amounted to "a form of prohibition" which attacked moderate drinking and frightened people into staying away from alcohol altogether.

The third option was so "draconian" — such a clear and public statement of a loss of confidence in her work as a reporter — that they hoped even its suggestion would "help steer Judy toward a severance deal".

However, as drafted, the provision was so draconian that it actually prevented a jury from being told that the complainant and the defendant were, and had been for some time, in a consensual sexual relationship.

At the same time, according to one source close to the case who spoke on background, "the Bush Administration issued a final HHS regulation implementing the pledge that was so draconian that it was no better than where we started before the injunction".

"The mandatory minimums are so draconian," he said.

It is hard to know whether everyone in government intends this bill to be so draconian.

"Do golf's penalties have to be so draconian?" wonders Gary Naylor.

The Bill is so draconian that Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, which is security cleared and has the closest working relationship with our intelligence agencies, has called for it to be significantly rewritten to protect privacy.

The automatic cuts were set up last year to be so draconian that they would serve as an incentive for the two sides to come together to produce a bipartisan fiscal plan.