Sentence examples for impose the rules from inspiring English sources

The dissenting commissioners questioned whether the agency had the statutory authority to impose the rules on the broadcast industry.

From the viewpoint of Napster users, EMI's system is trying to impose the rules of the old regime in a world where they no longer apply.

Campuses will have until September 2012 to impose the rules, allowing them time to mount educational campaigns, post no-smoking signs and provide counselors trained in helping smokers quit.

They also argued that because the city tried to impose the rules quickly — in only days — it did not comply with the City Administrative Procedure Act, which requires a process of public vetting.

Individuals who show that they conform to most rules are usually given a small amount of freedom to bend some rules; if authorities so choose, however, they can impose the rules strictly.

But even the best sequences, like a castle banquet in which the hostess tries to impose the rules of an Italian etiquette book, sabotage themselves by not knowing when to stop.

That means the bureau might still be able to impose the rule by late March.

It was, he said, an effort to impose the rule of law.

As an authority figure, you have to impose the rule of law, but don't ignore the possibility that the rule you're imposing is flawed.

Now it is up to the government to use the judicial system to impose the rule of law.

Well-armed tribes have made it hard for the Yemeni government to impose the rule of law in Marib Province.