Sentence examples for strict strike from inspiring English sources

Thomson said a strict strike zone by the home-plate umpire Derryl Cousins affected him.

The CBI, an employers' body, thinks at least 40% of the eligible workforce should vote for a strike before it is approved.Formally, Britain still has strict strike laws.

The unresolved dispute leaves the peace process hanging in the balance.The Maoists imposed a strict nationwide strike on December 6th in protest at the killings.

"Allowing the cultivation of legal medicinal cannabis crops in Australia under strict controls strikes the right balance between patient access, community protection and our international obligations," the health minister said.

When he was arrested a third time -- for having broken into his old high school -- he was given a sentence of 25 years to life under California's strict three-strikes law.

"Allowing the cultivation of legal medicinal cannabis crops in Australia under strict controls strikes the right balance between patient access, community protection, and our international obligations," Ley said.

"The UK already has strict laws governing strikes and public order offences," a spokesman said.

Pfeffer's greatest victory was Lemon v. Kurtzman in 1971, a benchmark of strict separationism that struck down state laws that provided salary supplements to teachers of secular subjects in Catholic and other faith-based schools.

Chen (5-0), acquired from Atlanta along with the lefty Jim Osting for Andy Ashby last Wednesday, allowed just three hits in his first start since last Oct. 2. The 23-year-old left-hander, on a strict pitch count, struck out three and walked none.

"The strict IQ rule struck down by the Supreme Court today is just one example of the many ways in which our state's death penalty system falls short of constitutional and human rights standards," he said.

Those qualifiers -- "strict" and "vital" -- strike me as words used often to excuse or justify inaction.