1.   The government is wary of taking any drastic steps that would scare off foreign investment.

2.   We need to take drastic steps to protect the environment.

3.   Yeltsin took drastic steps to move his country toward a Market economy, steps that required severe sacrifice for millions of people.

4.   He decided to renew his Christian commitment and took a drastic step... giving away all his money and possessions...

5.   And Chief Constable David Graham has warned that if the Government does not provide extra money, drastic steps will have to be taken.

6.   In fact, it is highly unlikely that the Government would use such a drastic step and ministers have told Mr Major that politically it would have terrible consequences.

7.   And civil libertarians fear that any future terror attack in the United States during the coming days or months could push the Congress to take drastic steps.

8.   Andersen is under tremendous pressure to take drastic steps to ensure its survival.

9.   As a result the judges took the drastic step of removing him from the case.

10.   As the public outcry has intensified, the Cuomo administration has been under increasing pressure to take more drastic steps.