Sentence examples for could not be imposed from inspiring English sources
It also meant that potential punishments could not be imposed.
Since no single organisation controls the Internet, XML could not be imposed in any case.
Some think that such a rule could not be imposed by the S.E.C. without Congressional action.
Democracy, they continued, could not be "imposed" or forced upon a people.
The French foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, said after rejecting the pact that democracy could not be imposed.
The State Supreme Court held that the punishment of suspension provided by the state statute could not be imposed on the interstate operations of the respondent Hayes.
So the Chicago programme couldn't be imposed in these circumstances.
In 1628, Coke drafted the Petition of Right that aimed to limit the king's power: (1) taxes couldn't be imposed without Parliament's consent; (2) citizens couldn't be forced to provide food and shelter for soldiers; (3) individuals could be imprisoned only upon the order of a judge; (4) the king couldn't arbitrarily declare martial law.
The laws had been previously interpreted that the tax couldn't be imposed on the community without a vote of the people.
Since saltworks have not been yet converted into shrimp ponds, and extensive areas are still utilized for artisanal farming of shrimp, environmental restraints have not been imposed that could constitute a limiting factor for the development of shrimp culture.
