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Separate punishments may be meted out on two or more of the above-mentioned acts.

We have never condoned violence of any kind, and that includes the barbaric practices that are meted out as lawful punishment.

Punishment will be meted out for messages deemed to promote disrespect for the country's institutions or "alarm" among the population.

Furthermore, researchers found that the brain's pleasure centers lit up in males when just punishment was meted out.

Terror first meted out in rural areas that were once ruling-party strongholds has spread to the cities, where the MDC has long been popular.

In prison, one of the greatest punishment that can be meted out is to place a prisoner in solitary confinement.

Mr. Ding offered no details, but said that the accidents had been reported to government agencies and that punishments had been meted out.

Character formation formed an essential component of schooling, with severe punishment meted out for idleness.

I now sometimes wonder why such cruel treatment was meted out to us by the servants.

Harsh sentences were recently meted out to local newspaper editors found guilty of defaming the country's leader.

Wang Qinglian, who works for a Shanghai medical products company, said his firm has meted out some new regulations for leave.

The Chinese government has vowed to crack down on food-safety violations and has meted out severe punishment, including the death penalty.

Whereas the case cannot constitute a crime, administrative punishments shall be meted out.

That term was meted out this week to J. S. Tissainayagam on terrorism charges, after he criticised the army's treatment of Tamil civilians.

And if he really is involved, then he meted out great damage and injustice to his family reputation.

Eyewitnesses spoke of unprovoked beatings meted out by some police to young people who had not apparently taken part in the violence.

Few are surprised by the violence meted out by the state, and more than a few applaud it.

This has since been meted out to rapists, adulterers of wine and the like.

Interference Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference.

Where the protesters have a point is the way in which governments have meted out favourable treatment to certain insider groups.

The humiliation meted out to Mr McCain is intense.

Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel.

Justice was meted out to the offenders.

She was forced to wrap up her life and leave within hours, an action reminiscent of treatment the Chinese government meted out decades ago.

The jury carefully meted out punishment for the offenders .

If they don't, they can expect the same kind of treatment meted out to the 'uncompliant'.

The incident has focused new attention on the punishments meted out to children in Japan's schools.