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Example sentences for: sanctions

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The international community must level sanctions on India for its nuclear tests, or other near-nuke countries (Taiwan, Iraq) will be tempted to conduct their own tests.
Several writers condemn Clinton's policy of "constructive engagement" as appeasement: They favor economic sanctions instead.
Participants raised questions about whether the SEC should reconsider the amount and targeting of its civil sanctions and more frequently use other types of remedies, such as criminal sanctions, to hold people accountable for wrongdoing.
Too many existing civil sanctions are imposed directly or indirectly (through company paid premiums on officers and directors insurance) on the company and ultimately the shareholders.
The New York Times goes with word that Iraq is violating post-Gulf War U.N. sanctions on its oil trade by smuggling large quantities of oil into Turkey.