Sentence examples for minor sanction from inspiring English sources

A three-month suspension seemed a remarkably minor sanction for such a serious breach of medical ethics.

A reprimand is considered a moderate punishment, more serious than the minor sanction of admonishment but not especially severe: members including Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, and Barney Frank have received reprimands.

Several doctors received public reprimands — a minor sanction.

It is plausible that this seemingly minor sanction inadvertently masks factors indicative of higher suicide risk.

At that time, the state issued minor sanctions against him.

The ordeal of going to court has become the new price of being arrested — even more so than the minor sanctions that usually come with low-level charges.

But whether any actions, if they do eventually take place, result in anything other than minor sanctions remains to be seen.

The West imposed fairly minor sanctions on Russia after it annexed Crimea, and threatened tougher ones if Mr Putin invaded eastern Ukraine.

For decades, Kleiman argued that it would be better to schedule frequent drug tests for people on parole or probation, followed by relatively minor sanctions for those who fail.

"Western countries should thus send a signal of approval by ending minor sanctions but keeping in place the major ones," says the paper, "until very much more progress has been conclusively demonstrated".

There could even be a new interim agreement, locking in some gains, such as conversion of the Arak reactor to a design producing less plutonium, in exchange for further minor sanctions relief.