Sentence examples for somewhat punitive from inspiring English sources
"It seemed somewhat punitive," Mr. Davies said.
Both restitution and community service provide victims and the community with compensation, and they provide alternatives for judges that are somewhat less punitive and far less expensive than jail or prison time.
Scarcely a month into office, he sponsored a bill that, after considerable demonization and a failed ambush by Legislator Jon Cooper, a Democrat who had proposed a somewhat less punitive bill, is expected to be signed into law by Mr. Levy later this month.
Despite expressing these somewhat prescriptive and seemingly punitive views, there was nonetheless also a strong shared sense between nurse-trainers and nurses of their role as caring and compassionate community members committed to helping those with HIV/AIDS.
Klein also says that even though the court's ruling will likely mitigate punitive damages awards somewhat, it still provides little incentive for companies to settle their cases with the government because they can still be sued for punitive claims.
Americans have been somewhat surprised that our most eager ally in taking punitive military action against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is not the United Kingdom, our partner in the so-called "special relationship," but the France of the Socialist François Hollande.
By Alexander Stille September 4, 2013 Americans have been somewhat surprised that our most eager ally in taking punitive military action against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is not the United Kingdom, our partner in the so-called "special relationship," but the France of the Socialist François Hollande.
In Shakespeare's somewhat unreliable version of history, the king's leverage is a punitive tax bill in the House of Commons that could confiscate more than half the church's wealth.
So it is somewhat embarrassing that as the European Union's Commissioner for Trade, he has presided over the imposition of punitive duties on a wave of Asian imports.
The punitive element came last.
