Sentence examples for punitive impact from inspiring English sources

The intention is to also to shine a spotlight on the broader punitive impact of individual countries' drugs policies around the world, Saville said.

Although the move does not ameliorate the punitive impact of the sanctions regime, it does seem aimed at preventing one of the regime's crueller - and costlier - bureaucratic consequences.

But the prime minister reserved his harshest language for Miliband's plan to withhold a planned coalition cut in corporation tax on large businesses, citing the punitive impact the policy would have on a company such as Jaguar Land Rover, which sells cars around the world.

"Punitive home demolitions impact the entire family and constitute a form of collective penalty in breach of Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention," the report warned.

He cites a global study, conducted by the coalition government, of the impact that punitive drug policies have had on drug use.

The prospect of a huge punitive award and its potential impact on cigarette makers have set off a scramble.

It takes a while for greater material differences to make the social hierarchy steeper, for status competition and consumerism to increase, for people to feel a greater sense of superiority or inferiority, for prejudices towards those lower on the social ladder to harden, for prisons to fill to overflowing under the impact of more punitive sentencing, and for people to seek ­solace in drugs.

"At the same time, we must consider the impact of any punitive measure on efforts to prevent further bloodshed and facilitate the political resolution of the conflict".

And it fails economically, because it wastes a wonderful opportunity to create homegrown investments to help counter the recessionary impact of the punitive fiscal consolidation that is also part of the July 12 summit's "terms".

For such a giant corporation, a smaller damage award (say $200,000 in punitive damages) would have had no impact.

The publisher said it had seen "a limited impact from Amazon's punitive measures", but added that the market for ebooks had reached a plateau.