off punishmentの例文

• The market shrugged off punishments to a major bank and brokerage over illegal payments to a racketeer.
• In our litigious society, creative legal defenses are becoming standard operating procedure, regularly raised to fend off punishment for all sorts of alleged crimes.
• The Tokyo Stock Exchange's main index rose moderately Thursday after a two-day decline as the market shrugged off punishments to a major bank and brokerage over illegal payments to a racketeer.
• Too often in the past, Bill Gates's firm has staved off punishment by appearing to accept restraints on its behavior, only to cock a snook at regulators and resume its aggressive business practices.
• After that point, at least until John H . Noble's release, they were allowed to stay in a room by themselves, make habits for themselves, and were taken off punishment rations, being left in peace to observe their religious rule of prayer and communal life.