Sentence examples for a punitive fine from inspiring English sources

British authorities have ordered him to return the fees and pay a punitive fine of £1.5 million.

HMRC did not consider that a crime – or even a mistake requiring a punitive fine – occurred in any of the cases the Guardian investigated.

This decision is a moral victory for Exxon, which declined to cravenly accept a punitive fine that vastly exceeded the $287 million in actual damages assessed for the 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound.

Despite the fact that penalties for violating the statute range from a punitive fine to lifetime imprisonment, reactions from Congress have remained rather mild.

He was therefore deeply involved in the English Heritage effort to save one of their best private houses, Greenside, in Surrey, whose demolition in 2003 by its defiant owner resulted in an exemplary punitive fine.

"The minimum wage paid to recruits and the lack of insurance cover and pension benefits, combined with the complete absence of any punitive fines on special forces when they neglectfully cause death, leave families with the perception that the lives of their loved ones had no value.

But Exxon surely wants no repeat of the Valdez episode, which sullied the firm's reputation and cost it billions of dollars that the company will never see again, no matter how much the punitive fine is reduced.

Theirs is a realm of poignant, promiscuous, and brief youth; of abusive husbands; of bad lungs and calloused hands; of laddered stockings where a torn costume or the sickness of a child earn punitive fines.

Under this system, the local officials were held accountable for all Falun Gong-related outcomes under their jurisdiction, and a system of punitive fines were imposed on regions and officials who failed to adequately suppress Falun Gong.

The two leading parties – the Socialists and the Union for a Popular Movement UMPpreferrefer to pay punitive fines than introduce quotas or field an equal number of female candidates.

Another change they want to see is support for enabling greater use of class actions in disputes over wages, status and working time, and an obligation for employment tribunals to order higher, punitive fines and costs orders if an employer has already lost a similar case. .