Sentence examples for enforce the higher from inspiring English sources

New York is among seven states seeking a federal court order to direct the Energy Department to enforce the higher efficiency standard for central air-conditioners established by the Clinton administration.

In Maine, Governor Paul LePage has said his government won't enforce the higher minimum-wage voters supported.

The government is proposing to set up a Design Council to encourage and promote good design in starter homes, but it will have no powers to enforce the highest standards.

"The new committee, which will benefit from the experience of the expert advisers, will provide invaluable guidance and advice as we strengthen our capabilities and enforce the highest standards, in particular in relation to combating financial crime," Stuart T. Gulliver, the chief executive of HSBC, said in a statement.

Trade deals are bad deals unless they enforce the highest health, safety, environmental and labor standards.

Congress and the administration must work together to enforce the high standards put in place by the recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), formerly known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

This process may enforce the high SFR mechanisms of SCN neurons.

The article then describes how the French courts have enforced the higher status of Community law against a subsequent inconsistent statute (Part II).

Court injunctions preventing anyone from revealing the new identities of the killers of the toddler James Bulger must be enforced, the high court has been told.

Barry Malcolm, executive director of the Bahamas Financial Services Board, attacked the "stridency" with which countries including Britain were insisting that offshore jurisdictions effectively start enforcing the high tax regimes of European and North American states.

promotes and enforces the highest standards of behavior in line with modern community expectations and creates an environment where complaints can be aired and appropriately addressed," he said in a statement released Thursday.