Sentence examples for formally imposed from inspiring English sources

Some precincts formally imposed and selectively administered literacy tests; others resorted to ranker chicanery.

The naval blockade was formally imposed in early 2009 during Israel's military offensive in Gaza.

Earlier, President Clinton formally imposed sanctions on Myanmar.A cyclone hit the coast of Bangladesh, killing about 100 people, with some 750 fishermen unaccounted for.

Soon after Mubārak's departure, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, led by Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Egypt's minister of defense, formally imposed martial law, suspending the constitution and dissolving the People's Assembly and the Consultative Assembly.

Before the judge formally imposed the 16-year sentence for first-degree assault and attempted sexual abuse — after the completion of which Mr. Lafrem is to be deported to Morocco — Shanda Strain, an assistant district attorney, provided her interpretation of the defendant's change of heart.

But others see quotas, not formally imposed on the national Proteas squad which suffered its heaviest defeat in World Cup history on Sunday, as unhelpful, at best.

She will formally impose the sentence on Tuesday.

Enron has 30 days to respond; after that time, the full commission can vote to formally impose the fine.

The Met's slit gong is formally imposing, and, like many other works on view, it exudes a hair-raising pagan allure.

After resisting for weeks, President Asif Ali Zardari capitulated to political pressure and signed a regulation formally imposing Islamic law on Swat as part of the peace deal.

Pakistan's government compounded the indignity on Monday by giving in to Taliban demands and formally imposing Shariah law on the region.