Sentence examples for quick to sanction from inspiring English sources

Senator Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican who met with Goodell last week, is among those still questioning why the league was so quick to sanction the Patriots and destroy the evidence.

Common law is more flexible and quicker to adapt to change, provides stronger investor protection and is less likely to sanction heavy-handed state intervention.

He added that while countries worldwide had been quick to endorse sanctions against the government, there had not been an increase in humanitarian aid for people who are suffering.

It refused to sanction the deal.

Penalties would be needed to sanction those who breach confidentiality.

Nations opposing a quick move to sanctions also cite evidence that Iran has run into troubles in its enrichment program, meaning there may be more time available to stop the country before it reaches the ability to produce nuclear weapons.

Cranky, unilateralist, unwilling to yield American sovereignty for the sake of international cooperation, quick to impose economic sanctions, a defender of traditional Southern values, pro-gun, pro-death penalty and anti-abortion, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman is the man American internationalists love to hate.

Cynics were quick to dismiss Kostner's sanction as a move by officials to try and look tough on athlete drug usage rather than a genuine effort to improve what many see as a pervasive problem in sports.

GOP leaders were quick to frame the new sanctions as too little, too late.

On Saturday, Republican candidates to succeed Obama in the White House were quick to question the lifting of sanctions and the release of prisoners, as they had been to demand strong action over the capture of the American sailors.

Security Council diplomats and the experts who track sanctions enforcement are quick to tick off the contents of a deeper toolbox that could be used to try to corral Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.