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Example sentences for: sanctions

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With UN sanctions set to come into effect in November, Clarke wrote Berger that "the Taliban appear to be up to something."
While the U.S. government did not use either designation against theTaliban, the sanctions under this executive order mimicked the sanctions that would have been implemented under them.
An editorial urges strong sanctions for Pakistan in light of its nuclear tests.
U.N. resolutions require that sanctions remain in place until Iraq destroys its capacity for creating chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons . Last December, the United Nations eased up on the sanctions, allowing Iraq to sell $2-billion worth of oil every six months on the condition that the profits go toward food for Iraq's people and war reparations to Kuwait.
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.