sort of punishment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsortandpunishment
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sort
noun
uk/sɔːt/us/sɔːrt/
a group of things that are of the same type or that share ...
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punishment
noun
uk/ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt/us/ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt/
the act of ...
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(Definition ofsortandpunishmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That would be somesortofpunishment.
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Thissortofpunishmentwould give him a status too.
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It is regarded almost as asortofpunishment.
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On the other hand, if there is asortofpunishmentif the budget is overspent, the officials will certainly spend later in the fiscal year.
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If observers report about serious irregularities and mismanagement, or if they are not allowed to do their work at all, somesortofpunishmentshould follow.
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The reason you always give for thatsortofpunishmentis because war is unnatural.
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This amendment gives the power of inflicting anothersortofpunishmenton the men.
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If he will not do so, what othersortofpunishmentdoes he think is adequate?
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I do not believe that no policeman wants to mete out somesortofpunishment.
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Here again nosortofpunishmentwill correct that kind of conduct.
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I am afraid that anysortofpunishmentis capable of being turned into a form of martyrdom.
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Whatsortofpunishmentis envisaged to make a local authority obey the wishes of the central government?
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Should it be nothing but the samesortofpunishmentas is meted to a persistent offender?
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Therefore, on that ground capital punishment is the very worstsortofpunishmentfor this type of character.
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You cannot under any circumstances expect that you are going to effect a cure by thissortofpunishment.
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Whatsortofpunishmentwill be inflicted on them if they decide they do not want to be a governor?
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He is a criminal who believes that he has acquired wealth and influence in society that will save him from anysortofpunishment.
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It is in those moments that one gets a pretty clear idea of their feelings about thesortofpunishmentthat they will get.
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It would be much more likely to make him a hero if he was condemned to have some othersortofpunishment.
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I resent the idea of comparing thatsortofpunishmentwith the playful punishment, some of us have had to suffer when at school.
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It also means that we want to do this by means of a cooperative effort and not just as asortofpunishment.
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If supervising somesortofpunishmentbecomes their task, their more positive work of assisting the courts and offenders who might benefit will be destroyed.
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But the man responsible does not even have the grace and courtesy to take part in thesortofpunishmenthe is inflicting.
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It is a question of whatsortofpunishmentwe should inflict upon him, and that is the only issue before us.
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