Sentence examples for drastic punishment from inspiring English sources

Back in China, they may face fines but no drastic punishment.

Otherwise, he feared, the father would be unable to meet his obligation and face a more drastic punishment: jail.

German propagandists were in no doubt that the British government had licensed "the formation of murder bands", who would merit drastic punishment.

Although they were ultimately never convicted for their roles, the implication of two Juventus executives in 2006 led to drastic punishment from the Italian Football Federation: the club was stripped of the two scudetti, or league championships, that it won in 2005 and 2006; in addition, Juventus was relegated to the lower-tier Serie B, where it started the season with a points deduction.

The three laws "specifically put writers at risk", say the authors, and they "cannot stand quietly by as we watch our fellow writers and journalists pressed into silence or risking prosecution and often drastic punishment for the mere act of communicating their thoughts".

In a typical rendering, one of his characters, who is being spanked by a police officer on a park bench says, "Isn't this kind of drastic punishment for walking on the grass?" Mr. Ward's drawings, on the other hand, were more provocative and alluring, the subjects exploiting the power over men that their sexuality granted.

Chinese officials have already used less drastic "punishments", such as limiting the number of mainland tourists to Taiwan and hinting at curtailing investments.

The players need to be an example for everyone, (but) I am not somebody who makes big speeches calling for drastic punishments," added Finke.

White tries to organize a central stampede, but the punishment can be drastic, if Black succeeds in uncovering weak points.

All very oblique, you will agree, but not totally unexpected, after Heldt had threatened even more drastic if not quite legal levels of punishment the day before.

Sometimes the last-ditch handball is so desperate, the punishment of red card and penalty so drastic, that the perpetrator's dignity goes out the window.