Sentence examples for punished into from inspiring English sources

If businesses can be regulated and punished into keeping their payrolls free of illegal immigrants, wouldn't that solve the illegal immigration problem?

And though they may well fail in this aim, they will not easily be pummelled or punished into submission.Nor are they in any mood to reject Mr Arafat, who is now the man Israelis love to hate (see article).

Klitschko knocked Mercer down in the first round, rattled him for the next three and then punished him into submission in the next two to make certain the fight would not go the 12 scheduled rounds.

He made his business personal; individual rivals were pursued, punished and pushed into the background.

Clegg says he agreed with Blair; the Lib Dems were being punished for going into coalition with the Tories.

Cabrera could not have asked for better placement in batting practice, and punished the pitch into the second deck for his 11th home run.

In the enlightening conversation between Mr. Penone and Ms. de Zegher that appears in the catalog -- perhaps the best part of the show -- she recalls an ancient story of a gardener who neglected his orchard, and was punished by transformation into a tree.

But they have lost once in seven games, having started the season on -10 points, after being punished for going into administration for the second season running.

Schumacher will drop 10 places on Suzuka's grid after being punished for crashing into the back of Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso during the Singapore Grand Prix, forcing both of them to retire.

Were they punished for going into government with Conservatives, implementing tough public spending cuts, breaking a key 2010 election pledge on student tuition fees - or all of the above?

Smith was court-martialed for violating military discipline, but never formally punished, and forced into retirement.