Sentence examples for has begun imposing from inspiring English sources
The European Union has begun imposing duties on American exports worth $4 billion a year, though it is ratcheting up those tariffs gradually over the next year.
The European Union has begun imposing retaliatory tariffs on about $4 billion worth of American exports, from agricultural products to jewelry and leather goods.
Worse, the bureaucracy and the risk of prosecution may deter entrepreneurs from starting firms to compete with established ones; if so, the result will end up being bad for consumers.China is catching up with the European Union's exacting standards of consumer rights in much the same way as it has begun imposing EU-style curbs on cars' emissions.
In fact, Mr. Bush has been more successful than even his aides had anticipated in bringing Japan around; it has begun imposing "safety inspections" of North Korean ships, effectively tying them up in port, or offshore, at tremendous cost to a precarious North Korean economy.
The government also has begun imposing penalties for holding land undeveloped, further squeezing cash-poor developers.
Under ObamaCare, the government has begun imposing financial penalties on hospitals deemed to be readmitting too many Medicare patients within 30 days for pneumonia, heart failure, or myocardial infarct (heart attack).
In some areas, they have begun imposing a strict interpretation of Islamic law, even stoning to death a young Somali who said she had been raped.
Several big insurers have begun imposing higher prices, and analysts say that by the end of the year most other big insurers are likely to follow.
State-funded institutions, especially those formerly designated key schools, dominate the market and deter genuine private investment.In the past two years, local governments have begun imposing business taxes on (genuine) private schools.
The higher standards that courts have begun imposing on shareholder suits are not directly related to the Milberg investigation, but instead have much to do with the positions adopted by the Supreme Court and intermediate appellate federal courts.
