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But he asked why, given this high standard of delivery and rising population figures, national government was "penalising" the province when it came to budget allocations.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

She said actions such as seizing alcohol were actually "penalising" law-abiding citizens and urged a return to action against those who cause problems.

Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2010

There’s a whole host of problems related to putting heavy reliance upon LSATs and GPAs, such as penalising bad test-takers those who scored relatively poorly on the SATs but still did well at very respectable schools, penalising older students who went to school before the era of grade inflation, and penalising those who took difficult courses at rigourous universities.

The Volokh Conspiracy » LSAC Study on Law School Gaming Resources for US News Rankings 2009

So this can be thought of as a case where decriminalisation occurred, but the absence of regulation afterwards ends up penalising workers. maxine doogan, on January 24th, 2009 at 9: 03 am Said:

Legalizing Las Vegas Brothels « Bound, Not Gagged 2009

Referee Oliver had no hesitation in penalising the Wigan captain.

Wigan Athletic 0-0 Liverpool | Premier League match report 2011

Every argument was deployed: penalising families, costly means-testing, unfairness to single mothers, general indignity.

Cutting from the rich and clobbering the middle, Cameron looks like a lefty Simon Jenkins 2010

"The government should direct its efforts to tackling those who abuse the system? bogus colleges and visa overstayers? rather than penalising legitimate students."

Immigration cap not the answer to cutting net migration figure, say MPs Alan Travis 2010

So this can be thought of as a case where decriminalisation occurred, but the absence of regulation afterwards ends up penalising workers …

Legalizing Las Vegas Brothels « Bound, Not Gagged 2009

Ignoring claimants' own requests for appropriate skills training is particularly short-sighted and sanctioning claimants for failure to attend sometimes pointless training is penalising common sense.

Thinktank damns penalties for jobseekers who skip training courses 2011

It is a different animal to reforms motivated by assigning merit and penalising those found undeserving, a view that seemed to underlie – say – the way George Osborne originally proposed a cap on housing benefit.

Welfare reform: Canterbury tales 2011