"scale of sanctions" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a range of measures, typically punishments, which a government or other body might impose in order to try to influence behaviour or deter people from certain actions. For example: "The country's new laws included a stricter scale of sanctions for those caught breaking the rules."
The practices include: Disciplining asylum seekers who do not participate in "structured day activities" using a "sliding scale of sanctions".
After nine months of bargaining, the intricate, multidimensional negotiation boiled down to two main obstacles: Iran's long-term capacity to enrich uranium, and the speed and scale of sanctions relief.
An EU spokesman refused to say whether the Ukrainian President would be the target of sanctions, but French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said: "There may be a whole scale of sanctions, including personal sanctions".
A sliding scale of sanctions will see benefits withdrawn for three years if three jobs are refused in three years.
It was regarded at the low-end of world rugby's scale of sanctions yielding a suspension of four weeks.
A sliding scale of sanctions will see those refusing work on three occasions having their benefits taken away for three months.
"This will put a stop to the government's claims that only a tiny minority of claimants are sanctioned and expose the massive scale of the sanctions industry.
Webster, a Glasgow University research fellow, said he was very pleased with the outcome as it would, "expose the massive scale of the sanctions industry".
These findings not only provide evidence of the scale of the sanctions scandal – or indeed, the cruelty of it – but of outright discrimination: disabled people are up to 53% more likely to be docked money than claimants who are not disabled.
International Rugby Board judicial officer Robert Williams, who heard Simmons's case at a hearing in London, said the Australia forward's tackle was at the "high end" of the scale of IRB sanctions.
With much squirming, he complied on both counts – and thereby secured the full-scale lifting of sanctions and general rehabilitation he so desperately needed.
