Sentence examples for punitive rule from inspiring English sources

If the N.C.A.A. were really interested in protecting young people it would abolish the punitive rule that provides complete loss of eligibility if high school graduates -- unlike collegians -- make themselves available to be drafted.

They avoided a points penalty, as no such punitive rule existed at that time, but 19 players were released or made redundant.

The big European powers used the crisis to establish some new, more punitive rules for countries needing emergency aid.

But overly paternal and punitive rules don't communicate that you have confidence in your people and trust them to behave as adults.

Advocates had believed that reforms enacted by the king to head off protests last year had softened the country's punitive rules on lèse-majesté, or insults to the king.

Don't focus on negative consequences and punitive rules.

"Without delay, we call on legislators to fix the patchy, inconsistent and often punitive rules that govern employee ownership the practice of giving staff options to acquire a slice of the company they're working for".

Somewhere between rigid, punitive rules and the pre-accountability era is a sweet spot of reason that this nation has failed to reach.

"It seems to be a punitive, unfair rule, all wrapped up in the idea that we can't have schools with older players," Orr said, noting that under the N.C.A.A.'s interpretation, Sanchez used two years of eligibility despite playing with Monroe and the Dominican national team in the same calendar year.

The National Federation of Independent Business, a powerful small-business trade group known to support Republicans, quickly pounced on the "punitive new rule" as another assault by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on independent employers.

Park's first novel looks at the punitive cultural rules that restricted women in 1960s South Korea.