Sentence examples for stern fine from inspiring English sources

The helpful EPA would have issued the motorist with a stern fine, no questions asked.

STERN EXPLAINS SPURS FINE Commissioner David Stern said the San Antonio Spurs' $250,000 fine was justified because the club went beyond what owners agreed was a reasonable approach to resting healthy players.

"Not just the fine, stern, unfancified performances by Zoe Wanamaker and Claire Bloom, but the play itself.

Where is Jake Ballard?" Later there was a loud, stern "I'm fine" and another trademarked repetition, the last line hitting like a stomped foot: "Don't.

The task facing England's bowlers would have been even sterner without a fine 62 from Kevin Pietersen, who became only the second man to carry his bat through a completed T20 international innings.

STERN STILL BACKS SPURS FINE Seven months after Gregg Popovich sent home four starters, riling the league and drawing a $250,000 fine, the San Antonio Spurs are in the finals — a result that could be viewed as vindication.

If it is for verbals or time-wasting then the umpires should be strong enough, and have been strong enough, to stamp out misdemeanours with a stern word or a fine.

He also said the $1 million fine sent a stern message.

Here's a comparison: Most people, I suspect, think of the Netherlands as being like Germany — doing fine thanks to stern fiscal virtue and all that — while those self-indulgent French slide into economic decline.

George W. Bush normally stays in the presidential suites of the world's finest hotels, delivers stern lectures to important prime ministers and tells the White House staff what to do.

Numerous radio stations that carry Mr. Stern's show have been fined heavily by the Federal Communications Commission over sexual and scatological references on the show.