Sentence examples for sanction given from inspiring English sources

The top‑end suspension starts at 24 weeks, the sanction given to the Bath prop Kevin Yates for a biting incident in 1998.

In many countries, homeless people who are engaged in the simple acts of eating and sleeping in the only spaces available to them – parks, public squares, or vacant lands – are subject to criminal sanction, given tickets (like illegally parked cars), and forcibly removed from city centres (also like illegally parked cars).

Furthermore, his sanction gave her confidence in the value of those things — the old familiar talk and byways — which was crucial to the sense of "racial health" and "easy self-acceptance" that so many relish in her work today.

Ministers have said that more than 2,500 prisoners are likely to seek compensation on the basis that their rights have been violated, but they claim that the case law on the issue is still shifting in Europe, making it possible the British courts will sanction giving the vote to a relatively small number of prisoners.

And how the new Bush administration would stiffen the sanctions, given the opposition of some Europeans and the Russians, was not spelled out.

Middle Eastern governments will be reluctant to support tougher sanctions given the growing anti-American sentiment among Arabs due to Washington's support for Israel.

Mr. Lamy met arguments that this is the wrong time to impose sanctions, given the fragility of the American economic recovery and the shape of Europe's economy, with the same unblinking determination.

The bounty case is so distinct that it may provide no precedent for future discipline; it seems unlikely that any coach would again risk having such a system in place, given the sanctions given to the organization, including Sean Payton's season-long suspension.

It was the first time in his career he had faced the judiciary and, while he accepted the sanctions given to him, he also took to his personal website to make an extensive and heartfelt statement in which he assumed full responsibility for his actions and expressed how "incredibly disappointed" he was with himself.

"As such, the club feels that it is entirely wrong for Paulo Sergio to be potentially sanctioned given the circumstances.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko did not speak in Davos but attended and told reporters he was optimistic that Trump would stay the course with sanctions given supportive statements from Trump's nominees.