Example sentences of "series [prep] [adj] measures " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards the end of the 1980s , it is increasingly apparent that cities are likely to find themselves very much in the firing line , as a series of radical measures are implemented concerning education , social security and local taxation . |
| 2 | What renders the market even more volatile is the series of transitional measures put in place to ease the passage of the industry from a nationalised monolith to a group of independent market-led companies . |
| 3 | This provided a series of standardized measures against which to evaluate individual Projects , while at the same time laying down broader objectives for the whole Programme . |
| 4 | As can be seen , the problems faced by UK industry during the protracted recession of the early 1990s caused the government to introduce a series of ad-hoc measures to help industry minimize the effects of the UBR , at least in the short run . |
| 5 | Alan Walker argues that the income of retired people must be raised and he sets out a series of specific measures to : |
| 6 | The major parties in Congress in August submitted a series of specific measures to then President José Sarney designed to cut spending and to stabilize the economy in order to ward off hyperinflation . |
| 7 | The new centre-right coalition government led by Carl Bildt [ see p. 38542 ] announced a series of specific measures in early November aimed at " revitalizing the country 's economy and industry " and " introducing a new era of enterprise , growth and development " . |
| 8 | The dramatic July developments were triggered by the government 's attempts to use its new legislative majority to circumvent normal procedure and enact a series of controversial measures prior to the conclusion of the current legislative session in late July . |
| 9 | The ban is expected to be part of a series of new measures to tighten control of the illegal horticultural business which is worth billions of dollars a year . |
| 10 | In response the Hrawi government introduced a series of new measures against Aoun on July 28 , including a strict embargo on fuel supplies into his Beirut enclave . |
| 11 | At Brussels in 1988 problems concerned with the shortage of financial resources and the need to inject financial discipline into the budget resulted in a series of new measures . |
| 12 | The local authority have agreed to implement a series of new measures to fight the pollution . |
| 13 | A UN Security Council resolution adopted unanimously on Nov. 25 noted that the meetings had not achieved their goal " in particular because certain positions adopted by the Turkish Cypriot side were fundamentally at variance with the Set of Ideas " , and urged the parties to adopt a series of confidence-building measures recommended by the Secretary-General . |
| 14 | They propose a series of anti-monopoly measures and the promotion of ideologically different mass , local , and community media . |
| 15 | The move is the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures and will reduce the group 's investment exposure for the next generation of business jets . |
| 16 | The Labour Party was particularly critical of government policy in this area when it emerged after April 1 that Guys , the major London teaching hospital which had formed a trust with Lewisham , had made 600 redundancies and closed as many as 25 departments in a series of cost-cutting measures . |
| 17 | He decided to use his experience in domestic affairs allied to a frank appeal to the emotional impact of the late President 's death , to press Congress to pass a series of important measures . |
| 18 | On Aug. 7 Hashimoto unveiled a series of tough measures which included laws to penalize investors as well as brokers for compensation payments . |
| 19 | The People 's Assembly began discussion of a new public order bill at the end of January , proposing a series of tough measures aimed at rioters and looters and the establishment of a new intervention force designed to act when public order was threatened . |
| 20 | Two major disasters , costing ninety-four lives , provoked an unprecedented public outcry and led to a series of punitive measures against British clubs and their supporters . |
| 21 | The government of Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao resorted to a series of draconian measures involving the arrest of senior opposition leaders , the dismissal of four state ministries , the banning of religious organizations and the detention of thousands of their supporters . |