A drastic reduction in pension benefits (although maintaining the non contributory nature of the pension plan)

Drastic?

A drastic reduction of the government budget followed, which included a dramatic cut in defence expenditure and severe cuts in the social and environment areas.

I'm gonna do something drastic.

This is nothing. You're being drastic.

A drastic reduction of surpluses has been achieved. With the reform of its agricultural policy, the European Community created the prerequisites for bringing the GATT negotiations to an end.

In what sense can't it get drastic?

Using the most drastic means, I suppose.

We also believe that a drastic reduction in its agenda and focusing it on the most important problems of the day are the most appropriate way to achieve that objective.

I mean, it can't possibly ever get drastic.

The court must mete out more drastic punishment

Must I take drastic action to get a hearing?

(c) Drastic wording and far reaching statements should be avoided

I have to be drastic, or the contamination would spread.

Unfortunately, under the combined effects of persistent regional instability, rebel attacks on the country, a drastic reduction in external financing and the exacerbation of our foreign debt burden, the macroeconomic framework has deteriorated significantly and the momentum for the implementation of the poverty reduction strategy has been lost.

Drastic measures were introduced to arrest the slide in the economy.

The invention of TV caused a drastic change in our daily life.

Any drastic increase in its assessed contribution would therefore be entirely unacceptable.

And now, unless we do something drastic, it may be too late.

In the laboratory what we want to do is much the same, but with on the order of tens of different types of molecules so a drastic reduction in complexity, but still trying to produce something that looks lifelike.

In essence, the proposal argues for a drastic transformation of the existing CERF.

Various diseases thrive in this environment, the most drastic of which is called trachoma.

Nor have the more drastic calls for the suspension of some of our activities gone unheard.

Vigorous efforts are needed on the Palestinian side to bring about drastic improvement in security measures.

There is a drastic shortfall of food produced in the country and possible humanitarian aid from outside.

The Treasury Office underwent drastic improvements in revenue collections, especially at the Customs Office and Tax Division.

Agricultural exporters have proposed a front loading approach whereby cuts would be more drastic in the first years.

SOEs power will be curtailed in other ways. Their ability to stifle innovation will be weakened by a drastic reduction in the government s power to restrict the entry of new competitors into all areas of the economy, as well as a major effort to reduce bureaucratic red tape.

First, global warming could lead to an abrupt paralysation of the ocean currents, which would bring more severe winters, a drastic reduction of soil moisture, desertification, intense winds, forest fires, cyclones, more acute El Niño phenomena, torrential rains, storms, typhoons and floods in certain regions of the world.

There is no more drastic and sudden gap created between potential and actual mind than a severe head injury.

Globalization has caused drastic shifts in the job market, and technological innovation has changed the scope of the market.

No drastic measures would be required, but there was a need for adjustments to cover costs and manage unpredictable

Additional requirements of 329,469 were due to the drastic increase in the price of fuel during the financial period.

The EAP can be subdivided into rural and urban areas, and there are drastic differences to the benefit of men.

I think we're last because and this is going to be drastic to some of you because we are handicapping ourselves.

The Russian Federation has undergone a drastic reform process since its transition from a centrally planned to a market oriented economy.

Sugar beet and cane growers worldwide are struggling to cope with inflation of production costs and drastic decreases in real revenues.

They have been forced as a result to adopt drastic measures which have led to mass unemployment, inflation and real insecurity.

I think we're last because and this is going to be drastic to some of you because we are handicapping ourselves.

As a result of widespread reliance on the precautionary principle, doomsday scenarios have come to dominate discussion of climate change. It is easy to imagine disasters so severe that drastic action to prevent them would be reasonable, and advocates of drastic action can easily scare the public with imagined disasters.

So in summary, we need a drastic change in the way we think and behave, but we don't need a workers' revolution.

So in summary, we need a drastic change in the way we think and behave, but we don't need a workers' revolution.

Subprogramme 13.3 Demand reduction prevention and reduction of drug abuse

Demand reduction

Demand reduction