Sentence examples for present sanctions from inspiring English sources

At present, sanctions prevent Iran from obtaining safe nuclear-reactor technology from the West.

James Robbins reports on the extent of the present sanctions and how they affect Iranians.

At the first meeting the head of the clinic (physician) was present to sanction the project and participate in the discussions.

At present Argentina imposes sanctions against companies seeking to cooperate with any British exploration.

America, which at present imposes mild sanctions on trade and investment in Myanmar, recently threatened to strengthen them unless the government took more vigorous steps to restore democracy.

One, Yuri Chizh, is already present on the sanctions list, along with most of his companies, although three of his profitable firms were left off last year after lobbying from Latvia.

When the list was presented to the sanctions committee of the Security Council, it was circulated only among the 15 members, which did not include Sweden.

The manner in which the military government has chosen to use its money raises questions for future donors -- the kind of questions Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi has presented in advocating sanctions over the years.

Initial findings from a major five-year academic research study led by the University of York into the effectiveness of sanctions presented to MPs earlier this month [14 July] reported that despite widespread political support for increased welfare conditionality "the key issue of its effectiveness in changing and sustaining behaviour remains largely unanswered".

The literature provides two possible explanations for this finding: (i) the high standardization of the notification procedure may lead to a low-quality match and (ii) the notification procedure is not compulsory, so that the positive "threat" effect of a sanction, present in case of non-compliance in a mandatory scheme, is lacking.

It begs the question: can therapy be defined as such when it doesn't require consent and is enforced via the ever-present threat of sanctions?