Sentence examples for impose a hold from inspiring English sources

Though leaders can break a hold with a 60-vote majority, they have often been reluctant to do so out of respect for the tradition — and the chance they might want to impose a hold of their own some day.

A nearly identical bill died at the close of last year when Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, imposed a hold on the legislation.

The attempt to impose a privately held and/or sacramentally ordained set of moral values on society at large is a relatively unusual sight in the Western world these days.

Few of these states impose a minimum holding period, so a contribution that goes in today will produce a savings on this year's state income tax returns and can be withdrawn almost immediately to pay an outstanding tuition bill.

He must give in, drop his threat to impose a contract and hold meaningful talks now – or he must go.

Any sentence over one year would automatically impose a ban on holding political office for five years from the date of release.

Ms. Vogel, of the Cupertino district, blames the state for imposing a choke hold on schools with continual cutbacks in the state money that has long since replaced local property taxes as the key source of school financing.

By a unanimous vote, lawmakers added an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill that would end the practice of allowing individual lawmakers to block items they object to by imposing a secret "hold". The unanimous vote may not mean much.

2. RFRA doesn't exclude laws which impose a burden on closely held religious corporations.

In addition to barring foreigners, some national constitutions do impose a religious test for holding the state's highest office.

To prevent such mischief, Congress has imposed a minimum holding period.