Sentence examples for enforced since from inspiring English sources

"Congress has readily available methods to waive this law, which has never been enforced since its enactment.

But that law has not been enforced since 1964, and a more persuasive reason may be that the country has really only ever benefited from its EU involvement.

Murder, adultery, rape, armed robbery, apostasy and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under Iran's Shariah law, enforced since the country's Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Ending internal divisions is seen as key to lifting the Gaza blockade, enforced since the Islamist movement won elections in 2006, and tightened the following summer.

But the colonial rules have seldom been enforced since the late 1960's, including since Britain handed over Hong Kong to China six years ago today.

The turban-searching rule at President Hamid Karzai's presidential palace has been rigorously enforced since the assassination of the head of Afghanistan's peace process, Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was killed by a bomb hidden in the attacker's turban.

He admitted it would be nearly impossible to enforce, since the town no longer has a marshal -- or a jail.

But in Haryana only three cases have been filed: the law is hard to enforce, since ultrasound scans are now widespread.

Mr. Awad testified in court that the amendment was impossible to enforce, since the concept of Shariah law varies from person to person.

Airline officials and experts said a global blacklist could be difficult to enforce since it would have to be carried out by aviation authorities in countries where corruption, weak governments and poverty compromise safety standards.

The policy of keeping lobbyists off the advisory panel may be hard to enforce, since some of those on the list, including Mr. Levine, work at large law firms that do some lobbying.