Sentence examples for delayed sanctions from inspiring English sources

It's because this administration watered down sanctions, delayed sanctions, tried to stop us from putting the tough sanctions in place.

Delaying sanctions will simply encourage loggers to cut at a faster rate.

Under the terms of the bill, Mr. Obama can delay sanctions by six months to assess their impact on oil prices.

But officials said such a review would do no more than possibly delay sanctions in certain areas.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discounted the deal that Brazil and Turkey had brokered as a "ploy" by Iran to delay sanctions, and friction worsened when Brazil voted against the sanctions sought by the United States at the United Nations Security Council.

Mr. Obama retains two important levers: he can delay sanctions if he determines there is not enough oil in the market, and he can exempt any country that has "significantly reduced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran".

In a surprise move late Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge said he would delay sanctions against the company while it appealed the antitrust decision that could force it to be broken in two.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's ability to produce a nuclear weapon has been delayed by sanctions, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said here on Monday, making the strongest and most public claim by the Obama administration that its pressure campaign was hampering Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Iran has also pledged $5 million, but its contributions have been delayed by sanctions.

Might it be evidence of a link between welfare reform, benefits payment delays, sanctions, and food bank use?

Ms Reeves said that food bank use during the 2010-15 parliament had gone up 16-fold because of benefit delays, sanctions and the bedroom tax, as well as wages not keeping up with the rising cost of living.