"action" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Yankees need Howe's arm, and they reacted by calling Vincent's action unfair and draconian and premature - couldn't he wait until the trial in August?
- By 1684 they were hiding from the authorities in the hills, and increasingly draconian action had ended the large conventicles.
- Though the Press Council procedure has made silenced or paralysed, these forms of interlinking laws could provide the government with additional means for imposing restrictions and take draconian actions against newspapers.
- Shortly before the announcement, a high-ranking official briefed foreign correspondents here on why the Government felt it necessary to take such draconian action.
- Still, Raritan officials figured that preserving the quality of life demanded fast, even draconian, action.
- It was in this fragile ecosystem that Ms. Ma took her draconian action to "protect" Kunqu from Mr. Chen's incursions.
- I half agree with your response to the Great Ron, in that there has to be proof of culpability before draconian action is taken.
- The Democrats can have all the hearings they want, but they are unlikely to take draconian action (cutting off funding) that would make them, rather than Mr. Bush, politically vulnerable to blame for losing Iraq.
- A significant percentage of the others would be so scandalized by the draconian action that their own loyalty to the Milieu might waver.
- These draconian actions by the conquering Safavids caused the Mesopotamian Sunnis to seethe with resentment.
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