Sentence examples for sanction means from inspiring English sources

The threat of criminal sanction means that evasion rates have stuck at 5%, roughly half that for other compulsory taxes.

The sanction means he cannot win a medal in the Finn, or heavy dinghy class, which he was leading by 8 points ahead of Sunday's medal decider.

The tough new sanction means that highly selective universities, many of which are expected to charge up to £9,000 a year, could have their income slashed if the government's regulator decides they have failed to make progress.

The sanction means Ethiopia is now 2 points ahead of South Africa and 3 ahead of Botswana and not guaranteed a place in Africa's final playoffs for the World Cup.

Fifa's sanction means Suarez will not be able to play for Uruguay in the knockout stage of the World Cup.

Another sanction means City can only spend £49m on players this summer, as well as any transfer fees they receive.

Every sanction meant she couldn't afford the cost of the bus journey to the obligatory work programme meetings, which meant she got sanctioned again.

The precedent set by Cas's decision to rule against the International Olympic Committee's rule 45, which stipulated a mandatory ban of one Olympic Games on top of any original doping sanction, meant the BOA's bylaw was never likely to survive the ruling.

For Lee Offield, 29, a 10-week sanction meant he had to turn to food banks.

Another sanction meant City were limited to spending £49m on players this summer, as well as any transfer fees they received, and their wage bill for 2014-15 had to stay the same as last season.

However, the bureaucratic nature of this sanction meant that formal decisions could take months and as one in-charge explained: The Ministry system can be quite difficult because you have civil service rules, where to give warnings everything goes in written form.