Sentence examples for firmer sanctions from inspiring English sources

Firmer sanctions, such as withholding of EU funds or suspending members' voting rights in the euro group, may be considered, but they would be politically fraught.If the collective is the ultimate paymaster, should more fiscal power be held centrally, as euro-federalists hope?

If the developed world will simply apply firm sanctions, Iran will have to reconsider its nuclear program, as their ability to finance mischief will erode as the mullahs divert their resources to domestic needs in order to maintain their dwindling popularity.

Instead of going with the expected choice of a system produced by its European or American allies, Ankara instead selected a Chinese firm sanctioned by the US for violating the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act.

The tech mogul invested about $250,000 in index funds with holdings in Gazprom and Rosneft, oil and gas firms sanctioned by the U.S. after the Russian invasion of Crimea, the Guardian reported last month.

When the infraction is attributed to an auditing firm, the sanctions are imposed on both the auditing firm and the engagement partner the partner responsible for the audit, who signs the report.

Table 5 Loss avoidance through extraordinary items of firms engaging sanctioned and non-sanctioned auditors     Sanctioned vs non-sanctioned auditors   All auditors Type of auditors   Big N Non-Big N Pred sign Coeff (z) Coeff (z) Coeff (z) Panel A: Probit regression.

The Europeans have staked everything on firming up sanctions in a policy aimed as much at restraining Israel as it was at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions.

The president can also apply to Congress for a waiver exempting a country's financial firms from sanctions, if he determines that the country significantly reduced its purchases of Iranian oil in the preceding 180 days.

"Everything is up in the air at the moment," conceded a UN man forlornly, in the aftermath of the big bomb.Only the influence of Russia, Syria's main ally and arms supplier, has so far insulated Mr Assad from firmer international sanction.

The Ukrainian PM has urged the EU to stand firm on sanctions against Moscow.

This has to be as firm as sanctions against South Africa.