The phrase
"drastic cuts" refers to making significant reductions or decreases in something. It means a large and noticeable decrease or reduction.
Full definition
It is increasingly obvious that the next Conservative government will have to
make drastic cuts in public spending.
The business body fears the move will damage the economic recovery by causing
more drastic cuts to capital investment in other areas.
However, both main British political parties continue to insist that the world is facing imminent disaster
without drastic cuts in CO2.
But a degree of adaptation is vital, it concludes, because even the
most drastic cuts in emissions can not prevent some impacts.
Men aged 45 - 89 are the most likely to commit suicide in response to harsh economic cuts because they are most likely to
suffer drastic cuts to their salaries and pensions.
Facing drastic cuts from state and local funding many schools are choosing to make cuts in school libraries and lay off school librarians.
In order to keep your energy levels up,
avoid drastic cuts in calorie intake, even if your goal is weight loss.
Even if most climate scientists agree on the anthropogenic causes of global warming, that doesn't imply that the best way to deal with the problem is
through drastic cuts in greenhouse emissions.
The last few years have already seen school leaders having to make increasingly difficult decisions and
more drastic cuts.
My blog documents my experiences as a mother of 2 young boys making
drastic cuts in spending via thoroughly questioning all purchases and getting creative when considering alternatives.
Republican Congressman Chris Gibson says he is concerned about the effects of
such drastic cuts on defense spending.
So essentially, the GOP is demanding that the Democrats in Congress cave in to their demands
for drastic cuts to Medicare and other social programs under threat of default on our federal debt, the downgrading of our international credit rating, and a likely plunge into economic depression.
Legal aid services for refugees in B.C. and Ontario were threatened
with drastic cuts in 2017.
General secretary Dave Prentis said: «Schools also get vital funding and support services from local authorities, which are being hit
by drastic cuts.
Thanks to his Godfather success, he was able to get the film made and prevented Universal from later
demanding drastic cuts, by threatening to buy back the negative himself if they didn't comply.
Tens of thousands marched in Madrid at the weekend to protest
against drastic cuts, including a 7pc cut in public wages.
The Jackson reforms which are intended to reduce the ease of access for claimants in favour of defendants are matched by
further drastic cuts in publicly funded access; the marriage between the two green papers (on legal aid and Jackson) leaves poorer claimants potentially facing a double whammy.
The bottom line is that
only drastic cuts in global emissions of CO2, of two - thirds or more, can stop the concentration of the gas rising ever higher and stave off ever more severe climate change.
The question then becomes how much insurance and what kind, and here I think the skeptics are especially useful in challenging what's mistakenly called «the scientific consensus»: that if you believe global warming is a risk, you should be
supporting drastic cuts in carbon emissions and expanded versions of the Kyoto Protocol.
Plenty has been said about Nintendo's recent troubles
after drastic cuts in the Kyoto firm's sales forecasts for the coming year.
It comes at a time when President Donald Trump and other members of the administration have expressed doubt about the accepted science of climate change, and are
considering drastic cuts to federal funding for scientific research.
A
completely drastic cut has the potential to totally change up your look for the better or force you into temporary hibernation (those jagged bangs seemed like such a good idea at the time).
«These measures
involved drastic cuts to government expenditure, increased rates of taxation, new taxes, and cuts to unemployment benefits, payments to pensioners, and welfare recipients.
The Anglicans have already
announced drastic cuts in their national staff and are discussing selling off sundry properties or declaring bankruptcy.
A $ 40 million MTA budget surplus has leaders from northeast Queens calling to expand service and
undo drastic cuts made in 2010.
A Democrat, Spitzer declined 1199's endorsement,
seeking drastic cuts to hospitals and the state's ballooning Medicaid budget.
Members of staff of the Peoples Democratic Party at its national headquarters in Abuja are currently groaning under heavy debt
following drastic cut in their monthly salaries, investigation by SUNDAY PUNCH has revealed.
The Navy especially has suffered
drastic cuts under the labour government and let us not forget we are a Island Nation and the last «solo» war we waged in the Falklands was primarily only possilbe because we had a large and powerful navy.
David Cameron has been forced to
delay drastic cuts in housing benefits by nine months after a furious outcry.
Malloy, who's been in charge of state spending under his limited executive authority, has
proposed drastic cuts to state aid to cities and towns if there's no budget by October 1.
But that's proved elusive, Buschatzke said, and Arizona's elected officials have been steered away from action by farmers and industries that understand that a change would inevitably
mean drastic cuts in their water.
Trump's draconian budget request — which
suggested drastic cuts to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among others — was rejected by Congress, and a spending bill that increases funding for science at many federal agencies was signed into law.
That sort of support, however, seems unlikely to materialize anytime soon — particularly
given drastic cuts to foreign aid and development programs, including USAID, under the latest budget proposed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
If Senate Bill 8 passes, however, that number would jump to almost $ 20 million — an amount that would
necessitate drastic cuts in the district's traditional schools.
Yet despite efforts by the business community — and, most notably, Art Rolnick, former senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank — funding suffered
drastic cuts over the last eight years.
The exhibition takes its name from a new sculpture, created for the occasion, that
condemns drastic cuts to the Dutch cultural budget.
That one nation or region should decide to
enact drastic cuts in CO2 emissions would not guarantee that the rest of the Earth's people would follow along and give up the wealth derived from burning fossil fuels.
Counseling jobs in Georgia are projected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations, providing expanding opportunities during a time when many other occupations are
experiencing drastic cuts and even declining growth rates.