Sentence examples for a crackdown that started from inspiring English sources

The chief led a crackdown that started a year ago to increase enforcement of Islamic regulations.

After a crackdown that started in late 2009, private markets and traders are now being tolerated again, if they pay off the police and enjoy the protection of a political or military godfather.

In the crackdown that started in 2008, the number escaping to India through Nepal has shrunk from about 3,000 a year to under 1,000.

In Central Park, the odd, middling nature of the bike was put into stark relief during the police crackdown that started in January and focused on the running of red lights.

"We see this as a continuation or intensification of a crackdown on dissent that started in 2007," said Hossam Bahgat, director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a nonpartisan human rights organization in Cairo.

Since he was put in jail, Russia's most powerful business tycoons have assailed the move, fearing it could be the start of a crackdown that could lead to their detention as well.

But a crackdown that has led to an estimated 10,000 arrests has continued unabated.

The military put down the uprising in a crackdown that killed many.

The long and elaborate planning resulted in a crackdown that killed surprisingly few.

Kirti was the scene of a brutal crackdown in 2008 to halt an uprising that started after riots broke out in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital.

Sentences for insider trading have been on the rise since the Justice Department began its latest crackdown in 2009 that started with the arrest of Raj Rajaratnam.