Sentence examples for hard enforcement from inspiring English sources

Looking at the range of effective "hard" enforcement mechanisms, we can reasonably rule out the use of force.

Councilman Rafi Manoukian agreed with a hard enforcement of the two-year period, saying he'd prefer to have a level playing field, but he still disagreed with the overall principal of the ban.

"It has become a much bigger issue in the last three to five years because the federal government is taking a much harder enforcement approach," said Kevin B. McCoy, partner with Kruchko & Fries, a labor and employment law firm based in McLean, Va.

As the Iron Law of prohibition has it, "the harder the enforcement, the harder the drugs".

It's known as the "iron law of prohibition" or, as activist Richard Cowan, who coined the phrase, put it: "The harder the enforcement, the harder the drugs".

Changing the culture of an organization is hard; law enforcement no exception.

UN resolutions are "soft law" that have little direct effect, yet often lead to hard national enforcement.

During Mr. Obama's first two years, he leaned hard on enforcement, seeking to build credibility with Republicans to attract their votes for an immigration overhaul.

But now, with some in his own camp raising concerns about whether authorities have pushed too hard, law enforcement officials themselves acknowledge the need for a mid-course correction.

Now though comes the hard part - enforcement.

He has used the [former New York City Mayor] Rudolph Giuliani line, which was that stop and frisk was a great thing and we need hard law enforcement, not more community policing," Yeomans said.