The phrase "ability to sanction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing the power or authority to impose penalties or consequences for certain actions.
Example: "The committee has the ability to sanction members who violate the organization's code of conduct."
Alternatives: "power to penalize" or "authority to impose sanctions."
It must empower independent units by giving them the ability to sanction while they get on with running and promoting their sport.
Headteachers will lose the ability to sanction up to two weeks a year of "authorised absence" during school term, in a new drive to improve attendance rates, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
"The ability to sanction or de-sanction a debate is with the RNC.
But its ability to sanction employees is rather limited: It can investigate and make recommendations for enforcement, everything from suspending officials to docking them pay to firing them.
But its ability to sanction employees is rather limited: It can investigate and make recommendations for enforcement, everything from suspending officials to docking them pay to firing them.
-- Views and actions of the Secretariat or member states with regard to sanctions, including to bolster UN ability to support sanctions implementation and to address violations.
-- Plans, intentions, and agendas of UNSC sanctions committee expert groups and their ability to support sanctions monitoring.
In 2017, Congress restricted Trump's ability to lift sanctions on Russia — and imposed new Russian sanctions despite Trump's opposition to the legislation.
While sanctions are mandatory, the President has the ability to waive sanctions on national security grounds.
Congress has the power to approve new Iran sanctions, or even to curb Mr Obama's ability to waive sanctions now in place.
While it is not unusual for the White House to have comment and even final approval of major sanctions, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have expressed doubts about Mr. Trump's ability to execute sanctions policy responsibly.
