Sentence examples for sanction of from inspiring English sources

But without the sanction of the state, of course.

Such a relationship, however, needs the sanction of force.

The plans were made in Canada, apparently with full sanction of the Richmond government.

Due to the religious sanction of law, legal records were often stockpiled in temple archives.

The Gulf War, too, had the sanction of the U.N. and its Security Council.

Morality, for Wilde, is about the sanction of externally imposed law and must therefore be rejected.

The sanction of public opinion is being applied to hypocrisy of which millions disapprove.

The ultimate sanction, of course, would be to initiate impeachment proceedings.

"The disciplinary committee therefore imposed a sanction of a three-week playing suspension.

At least in these and other cynical moves, the US could claim the sanction of realpolitik.

So why on earth do they need the Pope's sanction of their condom use?