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

Drastic?

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

I'm gonna do something drastic.

As the work load of the Trial Chambers decrease, the focus will shift to the Appeal Chamber where a drastic increase in work is anticipated.

As the work load of the Trial Chambers decrease, the focus will shift to the Appeal Chamber where a drastic increase in work is anticipated.

30. One negative side effect of the broad democratic reforms taking place in the Russian Federation had been the drastic increase in drug related crimes.

This is nothing. You're being drastic.

Campaigners across Europe and the US use the threat of starvation to argue for drastic carbon cuts. For most regions, weather changes will increase agricultural productivity.

In what sense can't it get drastic?

Using the most drastic means, I suppose.

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.

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

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

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

If the Arctic Ocean becomes ice free in summer, the melting and the snowfall will probably increase sharply. At that point, the precautionary principle might suggest that we take drastic action to stop burning fossil fuels.

In view of the recent drastic increase in the frequency and intensity of severe natural calamities and the ever higher degree of vulnerability of the developing countries, the international community should take prompt and decisive measures.

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.

Furthermore, the Turkish military can increase the pressure on Iraqi Kurds with far less drastic measures. It can close the two countries principal border crossing, an important route for food, fuel, and other goods headed for Iraqi Kurds.

While the increase was only about 1.5 per cent, it can be contrasted with the drastic decline that averaged more than 10 per cent a year in the worst years of economic collapse, 1991 to 1993 (see table A.5).

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.

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

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.

The United States is now taking drastic steps against China, and is making provisions for a trade war. Congress has authorized the President to impose import duties on Chinese products if China remains unwilling to increase the value of its currency substantially against the dollar.

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

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

16. Expresses deep concerned about the overpayment of mission subsistence allowance, at present calculated at 6,312,201.53 dollars, as well as the inaccuracy of the earlier estimated amount of 988,443.5 dollars, which represents a drastic increase of 5,323,758.03 dollars, and the delay in reporting the matter to the General Assembly

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.

quot 16. Expresses deep concern about the overpayment of mission subsistence allowance, at present calculated at 6,312,201.53 dollars, as well as the inaccuracy of the earlier estimated amount of 988,443.5 dollars, which represents a drastic increase of 5,323,758.03 dollars, and the delay in reporting the matter to the General Assembly quot

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