Sentence examples for could be punitive from inspiring English sources
Advocates of the poor, however, have long insisted that the work requirements could be punitive.
Many such people avoided healthcare settings which they (rightly) believed could be punitive – which could have aided HIV's transmission.
The High Court ruled a decade ago, however, that immigration detention could not be punitive.
"The non-tariff barriers could be as punitive in cost as the tariff barriers.
Security and authority in the facility could be unreasonable, punitive, inadequate and abusive.
The chief justice, Robert French, and justices Susan Kiefel and Virginia Bell noted that if a person was detained for longer than the legislation dictates it could be deemed punitive and therefore potentially unconstitutional.
"It was clear it would be punitive".
"It can be punitive," she said.
And that voice can be punitive".
The company said performing lewd acts on the robot could be met with punitive action, although it did not explain what, or how offenders would be found out.
In something of a surprise ruling, Judge Donovan W. Frank recently allowed the claims to go forward and even held that Guidant could be liable for punitive damages.
