Sentence examples for onerous penalties from inspiring English sources

Florida, meanwhile, imposed onerous penalties and paperwork burdens on volunteers who sign up voters.

A bill should swiftly clear long backlogs in legal immigration, and not burden the unauthorized with onerous penalties that would only keep them in the shadows.

He was already on probation for problems with the delivery of some babies and some other gynecological procedures, and the committee decided to continue his probation, but ruled out more onerous penalties, to the dismay of the the state's lawyers.

The trade delegation announcement coincided with new reports that India, an important consumer of Iranian oil, had eclipsed China for the first time as Iran's No. 1 petroleum customer last month, subverting efforts by the United States to persuade other countries to find non-Iranian sources for their energy needs or risk onerous penalties under a new American sanctions law.

Many school districts in Connecticut are coming to grips with the disappointing realities of the No Child Left Behind Act: reporting is onerous, penalties are stiff, federal dollars are scarce and the most important standard impacting district compliance with the law is student attendance on testing dates.

In addition, there is Europe's pending new General Data Protection Regulation, one replete with exhaustive data protection requirements and onerous penalties if they are not met.

According to people briefed on the matter, the antitrust unit pushed for less-onerous penalties, citing the cooperation of UBS.

When interest rates were high in the 1970s, states took steps to protect consumers from onerous prepayment penalties.

The Fed recently proposed new rules for banks that would, for example, require better verification of borrowers' income and reduce onerous prepayment penalties.

In the scheme of things, missing three games and a trip abroad is hardly the most onerous of penalties — even throwing in the $1,600 Muhammad is supposed to pay back for accepting "impermissible benefits".

Other deserts are uniformly negative: burdens, fines, booby prizes, contempt, dishonors, onerous obligations, penalties, condemnation, hate, etc.