Without the threat of punishment there can be no gain.

Thus, one way for society to prevent crime is by the threat of punishment.

Threats of punishment haven't done much to stop athletes' drug use, either.

It was first the threat of punishment for what he contemplated.

And no power or threat of punishment could cause me to decide otherwise."

Maybe a little threat of punishment wouldn't hurt here.

But others say the threat of punishment is essential.

For the threat of punishment he posed to her mutineer-father.

The threat of punishment hung silently on the words.

Nothing worked, not even the threat of punishment.

Some fears arise because the child has learned to associate pain or threat of punishment with certain situations.

The threat of punishment may worsen ethical behaviour rather than improving it.

Either the proffered reward or the threat of punishment had been too great for him to resist.

Chores became abusive because they were too taxing and carried out under threat of punishment.

At the same time they implied a threat of punishment against the user if the coin was abused in some way.

The threat of punishment may not be credible.

No, the action obtained under threat of punishment or death cannot be depended upon for any length of time.

But unlike earlier skirmishes between baseball and Congress, this one has not yet included serious threats of punishment from lawmakers.

Both held that the law is the command of the sovereign backed by the threat of punishment.

This could explain the psychopath's lack of concern for the future, including the threat of punishment.

Can an immediate, specific reward for good behavior succeed where an unconvincing threat of punishment has failed?

"Threats of punishment won't make the solution easier."

He knew them too well to think for a moment that the demon's parting threat of punishment for failure had been an idle one.

It's not as if profit-hungry, soulless corporations are going to play nice without any threat of punishment.

I could hear our section leader, One Tarnal, urging on the others with the same threats of punishment.