Sentence examples for modest fine from inspiring English sources

Mr. Faqiryar was ordered to pay a modest fine, about $300.

Belgian women who wear the burqa in public will risk a modest fine or even seven days' jail.

But Barclays deserves its more modest fine of £26m in the gold case for arrogance and stupidity alone.

Under the Presidency of Adolphe Thiers, an indulgent acquaintance, he got off rather easily at first, with six months in jail (painting still-lifes) and a modest fine.

Only a handful of cases were brought each year against companies, almost always ending in settlements involving a modest fine, and even fewer involved individuals.

How many young people today will be willing to pay an insurance premium costing thousands of dollars, as opposed to a modest fine?

But most analysts also agree that the problems of Social Security, which provides old-age benefits, could be addressed with fairly modest fine-tuning to future benefits or to payroll taxes.

Senator Joe Simitian, Democrat of Palo Alto, wrote both bills, which include modest fines of $20 for a first offense and $50 for the second.

TOKYO — British authorities plan to prosecute Olympus, the Japanese manufacturer that was embroiled in a $1.7 billion accounting fraud two years ago, reviving a scandal after a Japanese court imposed modest fines and suspended sentences on several executives.

On 25 August, after taking our urgent message on climate change seriously, the judge and court imposed on us very modest fines, ranging from £300 to £700 each and adding up to a total of £4,000-£5,000.

In neighboring Guangdong Province, for example, families with four or five children are common in many rural areas, and families who want more than their allotted quota simply ignore the limits without penalty or pay the government's modest fines.