Sentence examples for docked from inspiring English sources

Greeks have already seen their pay packets and pensions docked by an average 25% since the crisis erupted in Athens in December 2009.

The Bank of England is opposed to the cap on bonuses and has so far agreed to the payouts of allowances, though the Bank governor, Mark Carney has raised the idea that salaries could be docked as a punishment for misconduct.

Four teams were docked points as a result of last summer's match-fixing investigations, and further high-profile cases will play out over the next few months.

At the quayside, beside a hut advertising seafood treats and boats offering "sunset aperitivi", a ship with dozens of people on board has docked to unload its exhausted cargo.

A shoemaker threatening to leave was bribed with $12,000 for a new plant, from workers who docked themselves two hours' pay a week.

The criteria for disability claims will be tightened, while child benefit hitherto paid to all, regardless of income will be means-tested.People living in social housing (owned by councils or non-profit associations) will have their housing benefit docked by 14% if they have a spare bedroom, rising to 25% for two spare rooms Labour has dubbed this a "bedroom tax".

Mr Kenyatta has spoken out against corruption and docked his own pay by one-fifth.

The head of Ferrovie dello Stato, Mauro Moretti, threatened to quit if his pay was docked.

It docked a record 21 championship points from Excursionistas for the recent violence.

One of its Cygnus capsules, with hundreds of kilograms of supplies on board, successfully docked with the ISS.

Pay is docked for failure to appear because that is what an employer would do; benefits do not vary with family size, because neither do wages; mothers are expected to be available for work when their child is 12 weeks old, because that is the norm in the job market.Is this too stern?