Sentence examples for stiffest fine from inspiring English sources

The state's action was the harshest penalty and stiffest fine it had imposed on a hospital in 15 years.

Some disparity between the stiff fine and the profits.

Darryl Strawberry, who makes $1.8 million a year, said it was a "stiff" fine - all of $1,000.

Either transgression could bring a stiff fine and some jail time.

And they wanted to impose a stiff fine — possibly $20 billion — which would be used to modify mortgages.

Environmental abuses such as excessive forestry and hunting are also punishable; fishing with dynamite carries a particularly stiff fine.

It was reported in the Wall Street Journal as a stiff fine, and evidence the regulator wasn't toothless.

Keepers of shops bemoan their losses, but any found open face a stiff fine and a license suspension.

There is a stiff fine, even a prison sentence involved, and repeaters can have their property taken away from them.

In 2014, all plans will have to meet minimal standards and large employers will have to provide coverage or pay a stiff fine.

If it does not, its misbehaving members need no longer fear that a stiff fine will follow them into Wall Street exile.