"That may sound drastic, but from a fiscal point of view, smoking is a good thing."

It sounds drastic but today, perms are gentler on your hair than ever before.

But the methods that seemed to contain any hope of stopping the cooling trend sounded drastic indeed.

That sounds a little drastic to me.

While cutting back two or three feet may sound drastic, it isn't.

If that sounds drastic, we're now in a drastic situation.

This may sound drastic, but it works.

This may not sound too drastic, but these overall figures do not do any kind of justice to the overcrowding problem.

It sounds drastic, but the ancient Egyptians made extensive use of the practice.

This sounds drastic, but we can manage with a gradual change if we act consistently.