Sentence examples for punishment apply from inspiring English sources

When a fugitive skips town, shouldn't the same punishment apply if he tries to come back?

The forward and backward-looking aims of punishment apply not only to the particular offence in question, but also to the kind of conduct of which this offence is an example.

It was not immediately clear which punishment applied to Commander Voter.

Sanctions are a punishment applied to benefit claimants adjudged to have infringed jobcentre rules.

This was the mode of punishment applied by Bharara's office to the majority of financial-crisis cases.

Governor Quinn said last fall that he supported the moratorium as well as capital punishment "applied carefully and fairly".

This was a form of resistance to official pressure to conform to ritual changes, not punishment applied by the state.

Many Bangladeshis have painful memories of the 1971 war and want to see punishment applied soon (see article).

Shuanggui is an extra-legal form of punishment applied only to party officials, as my colleague Andrew Jacobs has reported.

The punishment applies to many crimes, but these potentially include fairly minor matters such as vandalism and – take note – overstaying your visa.

In defense of how Saudi Arabia applies Shariah, the kingdom's representative to the UN Human Rights Council, Bandar al-Aiban, said in an address in Geneva in March that capital punishment applies "only (to) those who commit heinous crimes that threaten security".