Sentence examples for sanctions levied from inspiring English sources
Cheney took the lead through a trade association called USA Engage to oppose US sanctions levied against Iran.
The sanctions levied by the N.C.A.A. against Penn State for its failure to curb predatory sexual behavior by Jerry Sandusky are severe and richly deserved.
Scott sees the sanctions levied by the N.C.A.A. on Southern California, and the university's self-imposed sanctions on its basketball team, as short-term concerns.
The sanctions levied against Russia by the European Union, the US and others in the wake of the Ukraine crisis have affected countries farther afield as well.
"We are disappointed with the sanctions levied by Uefa with regards to the racist behaviour displayed towards England's players," Horne said earlier this month.
And Chichakli told me in an e-mail that working around sanctions levied by the Office of Foreign Assets Control "is easier than buying a hamburger at McDonald's".
At least on the surface, the communist nation has changed little since the U.S. first levied sanctions against it in 1960, sanctions that will soon be eased, President Barack Obama announced this week.
The University of Colorado Boulder is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation into a student's complaint alleging the school was slow to punish a rapist and when it did, levied sanctions that were too light.
Pitt opposed the tax (which was levied anyway).
These are levied as a proportion of wages.
