Sentence examples for punishment contained from inspiring English sources

Mr. Dugard also criticized Israel's closing of its border crossings with Gaza as a violation of "the strict prohibition on collective punishment contained in the Fourth Geneva Convention".

He defended Bishop Colenso, expressed doubt about the literal truth of the Old Testament, and questioned the doctrine of eternal punishment contained in the Athanasian Creed.

Although the letter mentioned no specific punishment, it contained a veiled threat that measures could be taken against him.

In Britain, the state uses demonisation, brute force and disproportionate punishment to contain mass demonstrations and talks of making some peaceful means illegal.

We began with the task in Figure 1C, in which reward and punishment blocks each contained 0.1 probability of a neutral trial.

A region of the brain that increases its activity in response to rewards and punishments also contains many neurons that communicate with each other by releasing a chemical called serotonin.

During each punishment session, a randomly selected half of the cycles contained no punishment and were reinforced identically to those in baseline training.

The resolution did not specifically refer to economic penalties as a punishment but did contain a provision that allows punishment for noncompliance, including possible military force.

The cabbies, who are seeking to end the program and to receive an unspecified amount of damages, contended that the commission's own rules already contained specific punishments for drivers who refused to pick up customers.

The Bank Robbery Act has, since it was passed in 1934, contained a special provision for increased punishment for aggravated offenses.

The book contained poems about unruly children and punishments meted out to them.