Sentence examples for an automatic penalty from inspiring English sources

"We don't want an automatic penalty for contact with the head," Burke said.

Any blow to the head in those games results in an automatic penalty.

But with one second on the clock, United States Coach Adam Krikorian called a timeout without his team having possession of the ball — an automatic penalty.

The International Cricket Council found England to be two overs behind the target when time allowances were applied, leading to an automatic penalty.

Careening downwind and barely in control, America One's crew botched the sail-handling maneuver and allowed their spinnaker to brush Prada's, an automatic penalty that would require a 270-degree turn.

Fraser also pointed out that it was legal for a defenseman to sweep the puck out of the crease with his hand alongside the puck — but it is an automatic penalty shot if he does so while placing his hand over the puck.

Under the rules of the O.H.L., a league for 15- to 20-year-olds that sends more players to the N.H.L. than any other junior, collegiate or European league, any check that results in contact to the head is an automatic minor penalty, with greater penalties for more severe or injurious hits.

While the jury's verdict spares Mr. Parker expulsion from the Senate — the automatic penalty for a lawmaker convicted of a felony — Democrats and Republicans in the chamber may consider censure or another form of punishment.

At the sentencing hearing, prosecutors had asked the judge to impose a five-day jail sentence, the automatic penalty for drivers who register a blood alcohol content of 0.15percentt or more.

The automatic penalty for a level one offence was subsequently applied and this took Craig Overton to nine points, the threshold for an automatic suspension.

The automatic penalty for such a breach is removal from office, but two months later he wins his appeal on a minor technicality.