Sentence examples for imposed devastating from inspiring English sources

Rather than encourage these developments, Israel and the international community imposed devastating financial sanctions which forced Gaza and Hamas into what the then-UN Special Rapporteur for the Middle East Peace Process termed "survival mode".

But it imposed devastating, almost comically savage responsibilities on this inordinately ambitious young man (he was twenty-six athehe time).

Formally rebuking Helmut Kohl, the speaker of Parliament today imposed a devastating $21 million fine on the former chancellor's Christian Democratic Party for accepting illegal financing.

Despite the difficulties imposed by devastating wars and catastrophic earthquakes, BANTAO has flourished through the passion and commitment of nephrologists to their patients and to renal science [ 5].

We are left with the proposition that, in order to avert purely speculative harms inflicted by "libertarian judges" upon the "economically vulnerable," judges should rubber-stamp government conduct that imposes certain, devastating harms upon the "economically vulnerable" right now.

Five hundred years of fishing have decimated fish stocks in the North Atlantic and in the 1990s the government imposed a moratorium, devastating the island's economy in one fell swoop.

There are also fears of a ban on apples or other produce, which would be devastating if imposed during harvest season.

Delivering a similar opinion in Mr Kadi's case, he said that imposing sanctions with such "potentially devastating" consequences on someone who might be totally innocent was "anathema in a society that respects the rule of law .The Security Council's terrorist watchlist has already come under fire.

The CIPD warns that more jobs are being sent offshore, and that an immigration cap, imposed too quickly, could have a "devastating" impact on the economy.

If he is evicted, he will be on the streets and his children will be taken into care, devastating his family and imposing a massive burden on public resources.

In a letter to the Observer, 151 council chiefs say that a further round of austerity, in addition to the 33% cuts already imposed since 2010, cannot be absorbed without devastating social and economic implications.