1.  Nevertheless, the research universities where the practice is sanctioned say it enriches the experience of students in large lecture or lab courses.

2.  She said companies are now watching to see whether the Supreme Court will sanction the practice.

3.  The suit also charges that the Air Force sanctioned the practice to maintain a predetermined level of racial and gender diversity.

4.  Amien argued that the U.S. has tended to be partial in its scrutiny of sanctioning human rights practices in different parts of the world.

5.  As a liberal democracy, Israel cannot afford to sanction such practices, human rights activists say.

6.  But the national daily Volkskrant said the law sanctioned common practice and eliminated a legal gray area.