Sentence examples for continental sanctions from inspiring English sources
The continental sanctions were revoked, effective immediately.
The Russians hate the visa sanctions, and more generally complain that compared to continental European visas, British business visas are slower and harder to obtain.Mr Cameron offered to start discussions on fast-track business visas for applicants willing to pay a higher fee: the oligarch express, as it may come to be known.
During military tensions that followed the North's nuclear test in February and ensuing sanctions from the United Nations Security Council, North Korea claimed to have the ability to hit the continental United States with nuclear missiles.
This tiny, underdeveloped country has been providing for all its continental neighbours a vehicle to celebrate and perpetuate cinematic excellence for more than 40 years, officially sanctioned and financed by the state.
There, as in much of continental Europe, a distinction is drawn between minor indiscretions, which are dealt with through informal negotiation or community sanctions, and criminal offences, which lead to custodial sentences.Britain's innovation is to have criminalised behaviour that is not necessarily an offence in law.
See also continental drift.
But continental peace had prevailed.
The climate is markedly continental.
Today Britain went continental.
