Sentence examples for imposed gradually from inspiring English sources

Their authority was imposed gradually.

Increasing the cost of clothing will hit east Africa's many low-income consumers, but the shock effect could be reduced if a ban was imposed gradually.

He submitted a counterproposal laying out tactical sanctions to be imposed gradually as a way of forcing the guerrilla army to destroy its arsenal.

In fact, Mr. Bush's proposal did call for cuts to Social Security benefits, but the cuts would be imposed gradually on future retirees, not those currently receiving benefits, and would affect the highest earners the most.

Medicares procedure codes are an outgrowth of a control regimen that Washington has imposed gradually over the last 15 years.

The fundamental principle was to establish several nested models with restrictions imposed gradually and prove the invariance of restricted parameters by comparing the differences of goodness of fit between these models based on assuming the previous model to be correct [ 38].

The West has continued to impose gradually more stringent sanctions against Iran since the second Bush Administration.

The water stress treatment was imposed decreasing gradually in 10 days the water quantity from 80%to30%0% of the field capacity.

Mr Dorgan wants to impose restrictions gradually, to give researchers the time and money to develop new technologies.

We should impose a gradually rising carbon fee, collected from fossil fuel companies, then distribute 100 percent of the collections to all Americans on a per-capita basis every month.

What provides a frame throughout is Chloë Z Brown's architectural lighting: it starts out bold and imposing and gradually becomes starkly intimate, revealing more fragility and eeriness than the dance itself.