Sentence examples for sanction is directed from inspiring English sources

The ITU also confirmed that their sanction is directed specifically against Wiltshire and not the British team.

Unlike primary sanctions, which focus on activities of U.S. individuals and companies, secondary sanctions generally are directed toward foreign people.

The sanctions will be directed at candidates who campaign in any state that refuses to follow a 2008 calendar of primaries and caucuses that was also approved Saturday.

But experts acknowledge it is difficult to precisely determine if the cyber intrusions are directed or sanctioned by the Chinese government or its military.

We also continue to support sanctions against Syria, even though sanctions, as usual, do little harm to the regime they are directed at.

At first, his protest was directed at the impact of United Nations economic sanctions, imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, on the children of Iraq.

The abuse, however, was directed on an individual basis and never officially sanctioned or approved...

The sanctions were not directed at the North Korean people but at the "misguided and malign priorities of their government", she said.

She said the sanctions were not directed at the North Korean people but at the "misguided and malign priorities of their government".

What they want is direct and generous support for the Palestinians, and the complete lifting of sanctions against Iraq.

But legal sanction is a better remedy for small-town corruption than direct democracy.