Sentence examples for preferred sanctions from inspiring English sources

She has said she preferred sanctions that would work "without contributing to the suffering of ordinary" Iranians.

The new poll found that while Americans continued to think that sanctions should remain a tool of foreign policy and that big business would from time to time have to make sacrifices because of embargoes, respondents in both groups preferred sanctions to be imposed through international organizations.

"Everyone is saying they would prefer the sanctions to work," backed up with the threat of a credible military option, she said.

But Gandhi preferred to find sanction for the radical changes he proposed in the long Indian past.

The consensus among experts I've spoken to is that Trump and some of his advisers may well have preferred to sidestep these sanctions and roll back others, especially those targeting Russia and Russian individuals.

"You have the whole world in New York and everyone rides the subway," he said Thursday as he auditioned at Grand Central Terminal to become part of the Music Under New York program, which gives sanctioned performers preferred — and lucrative — spots in the subway system and invites them to play at special events.

While these sanctions are currently preferred to more severe alternatives in dealing with Iran's nuclear program dilemma, these so-called "smart sanctions" are increasingly violating the basic human rights and inherent freedoms of the Iranian people.

But some European governments, including the new Greek one, said that they would instead prefer to relax sanctions.

Diplomats from two major European allies said this week that China had refused even to "engage substantively" on the issue of sanctions, preferring to continue diplomatic efforts with Tehran.

In any case, the West would prefer to ease sanctions in stages, to encourage Iran to meet whatever obligations it has agreed to.For their part, Mr Zarif and President Hassan Rohani are under pressure from hardliners at home who believe they have already given too much ground.

The EU had until now refrained from imposing sanctions, preferring to emphasise dialogue and compromise.