Sentence examples for impose firmer from inspiring English sources

The Taghlibs had traditionally controlled Mosul and its region until the late 9th century, when the Abbasid government tried to impose firmer control over the province.

In Tripoli, Libya Dawn has struggled to impose firm rule on a city now giving way to anarchy.

The White House, which has steadfastly resisted California's pleas to impose firm caps on runaway electricity prices, is also worried about the political impact if the administration is seen as ignoring the state's crisis, these advisers said.

The threat to challenge the government's shale gas incentives is retaliation for that, and for Britain's attempts to foil a proposed directive on shale gas that would impose firm regulations on its exploitation.

However, the SHIs obtained the right to impose firm-specific surcharges on the payroll tax in order to avoid a deficit.

Moves to revive industry include imposing firm budget constraints on state enterprises, decentralizing economic planning and allowing commercial transactions between firms.

He also said that he would not approve any state Medicaid experiments that imposed firm limits on federal spending or eliminated the guarantee of specific benefits for poor people.

With family intervention, parents are offered practical help, advice and counselling but in return they must agree to take charge of their own children, imposing firm boundaries and crucially getting them out to school.

Jasaw Chan K'awiil I and his heir Yik'in Chan K'awiil continued hostilities against Calakmul and its allies and imposed firm regional control over the area around Tikal, extending as far as the territory around Lake Petén Itzá.

He intends to set up a new, autonomous telecoms institute with the power to impose stiff penalties on firms that control over half their markets, or even break them up.

For all the concerns about migration and sovereignty, no one seems to care much that trade agreements and the demands of global capitalism impose much firmer constraints on what can and cannot be done politically.