The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.

警方正制订更严厉的措施打击犯罪活动。

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In private, though, the dialogue was sterner.

然而私底下的对话就严厉多了。

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Sterner measures are surely in the offing.

更严厉的举措无疑箭在弦上。

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"Abdoul is a respectable opponent and can give me a sterner test than Cruzat, " said Swansea's Maccarinelli.

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Mr O'Neill, spiritually at least, is made of sterner stuff and might have had more appetite for cost-cutting.

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The Black Caps, fresh off their victory over England in the NatWest series, should provide a much sterner test than short-handed Ireland.

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