Sentence examples for impose cap from inspiring English sources

Inexplicably, he raised the false hope that he would be able to force Jacques Chirac into a corner and impose CAP reform upon him.

Thus the Environmental Protection Agency intends to order power plants and refineries to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, a move the Republicans denounce as a "back-door" attempt to impose cap-and-trade.

The Democratic-controlled State Assembly and the powerful state teachers' union have opposed attempts to impose caps.

Governments in developing countries often impose caps on the interest rates charged on loans for the poor.

Congress took advantage of the bail-out to impose caps on bonuses paid by banks taking money from the state.

We must impose caps on bonuses as a percentage of profits, helping to curb excessive pay and restore balance sheets.

Under the system, states impose caps on the amounts of carbon dioxide that power plants can emit and hold an auction for emissions permits under those caps.

Until the government (astonishingly Labour rejected calls for rate caps) impose caps, this most ugly of industries will continue to thrive.

Also this week, the Senate will take up a bill, passed by the House and backed by President Bush, to impose caps on jury awards in medical malpractice cases.

The City regulator is being urged to impose caps on charges for unarranged overdrafts to stop financially vulnerable customers being ripped off by their banks.

Laying out a sweeping economic strategy to counter the nation's rising deficits, Senator John Kerry said Wednesday that as president he would impose caps on government spending.