Sentence examples for taking punitive action from inspiring English sources

Instead of taking punitive action, the then chief minister, Mr. Yeddyurappa, labeled the violence by Hindu extremists "a natural reaction to forced conversions," Mr. Ayyub writes.

After some careful deliberation, I have decided that I will not be taking punitive action against the referees that violated this rule".

A central bank might prefer to shore up investor confidence and move on from a financial crisis without taking punitive action against wrongdoers, thinking that aggressive action might undermine faith in the system.

But while the Danish government has expanded the programme that started in the city of Aarhus across the country, these states follow the same policy as the UK of taking punitive action against returnees.

Britain considered taking punitive action against the London headquarters of Iran's English-language state broadcaster earlier this year after Iran jammed the signals of the BBC's Persian TV service (PTV), according to a US state department document released by WikiLeaks.

The anti-anti-Microsoft case does not deny that there is some truth to that story, but asserts that taking punitive action will be the worse of two evils because it will create a different, and worse, climate of fear -- fear that success itself will be punished.

The European Union has begun shunning the rebels and taking punitive actions against them.

The Europeans and others, particularly incensed over the kidnapping of three Germans in July and propelled by the world's new antiterrorist stance, have begun shunning the rebels and taking punitive actions.

Indeed, churches have taken punitive action on plagiarism.

In Bosnia, "the international community eventually took punitive action against the Serbs.

Less-developed countries control about a third of the board and they are disinclined to take punitive action against Iran.