Sentence examples for because of the punitive from inspiring English sources
The present government of François Hollande is widely despised not because of the president's sexual peccadilloes (in contrast, these are pretty much widely admired) but because of the punitive tax regime he has been seeking to impose.
The Clydesdale's former chief executive, David Thorburn, admitted to a House of Commons Treasury select committee that these loans had been discontinued because of the punitive sanctions contained within them.
The first meeting of the year between the fastest man on the planet and the next two quickest, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell, had been scheduled for the Aviva London Grand Prix – until Bolt and his advisers decided to back out of the meeting at Crystal Palace next Friday and Saturday because of the punitive UK tax laws.
The timing of the punitive damages is significant because it would come before compensatory damages are awarded to the entire class.
Moreover, because of the N.B.A.'s punitive luxury tax provision, the deal is a lot more expensive to Mr. Dolan than it seems on the surface.
The Center for Justice & Democracy published a report a few years ago listing numerous other examples of corporate practices made safer only because of the award of punitive damages.
If you assume, for example, that less people will seek asylum by boat because of your punitive deterrence regime, then the costs will appear lower than they may turn out to be in practice.
Across America, countless schoolchildren are being denied educational opportunities because of overly punitive, zero-tolerance policies that exclude them from the classroom and increase the odds they will drop out of school and enter the criminal justice system.
Critics of the civil justice system have argued for years that reform is needed because of runaway punitive damage verdicts by juries.
They have learned that honesty is not the best policy, because they are familiar with the punitive nature of the existing system.
They have generally supported building more prisons, partly because this brings jobs, but also because of their punitive effect.
