Sentence examples for there were sanctions from inspiring English sources

It was not good times, there were sanctions and the war was starting.

One after another, MPs demanded that there were sanctions against lying to parliament.

"The whole world is against them but when there were sanctions imposed I had to help them," he said.

"I'm sure there were sanctions that could have been taken short of firing the man," she said, "which wasted the 18 months they spent searching for him, any money spent on that search and his six months' worth of learning".

The commission also pointed out that there were sanctions that could affect the newco.

Just imagine if 100 fans chanted abuse at a black doctor on the pitch and then laughed about it - how long before there were sanctions?

If it needed more persuading, there are sanctions.

But if there are sanctions without demands, then the sanctions will not help.

Right now, there's sanctions against them so we're putting that on the back burner".

There are sanctions in place against Iran at present but they have been largely ineffective.

"We'll look for ways to make sure that if there are sanctions, they won't be negatively affected," said the senior official.