Sentence examples for sanction it as from inspiring English sources

"It's really not an issue anymore of 'Well, if we don't officially sanction it as a government, it's not going to happen,' " Mr. Cuomo said at a news conference in Albany.

He drew a parallel between those who deplore "the manipulation of nature" where "our environment is concerned," but sanction it as "man's fundamental choice where he himself is concerned".

The governor went on to say, It's really not an issue anymore of 'Well, if we don't officially sanction it as a government, it's not going to happen;' It is happening.

It takes money from us for purposes we do not seem to sanction; it treats us as abstract statistics; it controls an army; it supports a police force whose function does not always appear to be protective.

But once a government uses disenfranchisement as a sanction, it is tempted to take things further.

As a sanction, it fined Lorenzo $15,000, ordered him to cease and desist from violating the securities laws, and barred him from working in the securities industry for life.

It is several years since the United Nations dropped the mild sanctions it imposed as punishment for Lockerbie.

If they did, they might persuade America to lift the sanctions it imposed as a result of Sudanese atrocities in Darfur a decade ago.

She said that once claimants were sanctioned it acted as a red flag and alerted the authorities that a person was vulnerable and in need of help.

The Obama administration pursued a strategy of escalating sanctions it described as strategic patience, although meetings between diplomats from the two sides continued.

It may well lead to the contention that when Congress enacts a statute carrying criminal sanctions it has as a practical matter withdrawn from the States their traditional power to investigate in aid of prosecuting conventional state crimes, some facts of which may be entangled in a federal offense.