Sentence examples for punitive customs from inspiring English sources
Mr. De Gucht, a Belgian lawyer, called for negotiations between the European Union and China to avoid an investigation that could lead to punitive customs duties.
Its standard models—simple sedans, jeeps and hatchbacks cost around $5,000, whereas a new western car (after punitive 100% customs duties) is four times as much.
Russian workers are certainly cheap, but their work ethic is at best weak; and other costs, such as protection rackets, greedy officials and customs, are punitive.Woven, not warpedSo what is Mr Klimin's secret?
"Black Swan" offers just enough imagery to show us why pointwork in ballet can seem as extreme and punitive as the old Chinese custom of binding women's feet.
Ask EEF, the association of engineering and manufacturing employers, and like many others they conclude only one thing: "The speculation has to be that they were told we would stay inside the customs union and avoid punitive tariffs.
Otherwise, rules conceived and implemented locally might not be enforceable to outsiders who do not respect local customs and are beyond the reach of community-imposed punitive actions.
The Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, said broad punitive steps could include halting joint economic projects, restricting financial and trade transactions and changing customs duties.
Brutal customs that were commonplace for millennia have been largely abolished: cannibalism, human sacrifice, heretic-burning, chattel slavery, punitive mutilation, sadistic executions.
The punitive element came last.
Punitive damages obviously do.
