Sentence examples for ability to punish from inspiring English sources

The city has lost its ability to punish lesser crimes.

Any one company rightly fears the FISA court's ability to punish contempt.

High on credibility but low on its ability to punish the wrongdoers here, and could take two years to complete.

And in a low-scoring slugfest, Davis's ability to punish and move the chains will prove to be the difference.

If somebody finds something else to do, the N.C.A.A. is limited in its ability to punish them".

Only if the fund had the ability to punish non-borrowing members (as, in theory, it did in 1944), would the focus on "surveillance" amount to much.

Now 28, he still possesses the ability and energy to punish teams as weak as Watford – unrecognisable from the side that triumphed over United last time out – and a quality Burnley lacked on their last appearance in the Premier League.

The ability of constituents to punish their representative for failing to act in accordance with their wishes (e.g. voting an elected official out of office) or the responsiveness of the representative to the constituents.

"Our party has the determination and the ability and the means to punish corruption and excise this malignant tumor," said Prime Minister Zhu Rongji, in a recent antismuggling speech.

OBAMA URGES TOUGHER FRAUD LAWS "President Obama called on Congress to toughen laws against securities fraud and to strengthen the ability of the Securities and Exchange Commission to punish Wall Street firms that repeatedly violate antifraud statutes," Edward Wyatt reports.

WASHINGTON — President Obama called on Congress Tuesday to toughen laws against securities fraud and to strengthen the ability of the Securities and Exchange Commission to punish Wall Street firms that repeatedly violate antifraud statutes.