Sentence examples for imposed like from inspiring English sources

The EU's arms embargo on China was imposed, like America's, in 1989 in protest at the regime's post-Tiananmen clampdown.

Many were controversial when they were imposed, like the ban on taking shellfish from local waters in 1924 and the fluoridation of the water supply in the 1960s, but have come to be widely accepted.

The religious aspect of the offense was reflected in the exclusions imposed: like murderers, the Megarians were banned from the Athenian marketplace and the harbours in the Athenian empire.

Then, in a basic tracking shot, the reverse happens: it's the background scenery that looks artificially imposed (like the unconvincing views over the shoulders of people driving cars in old movies).

If the government tries to cut health care costs by discouraging smoking, there could be more taxes imposed like the April increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes.

Some are imposed (like school pick-up times), some are self-originating if meaningless (like buying a seltzer every day on the way to pick-up) and some were created for the purpose of adding deliberateness and meaning to life.

It is known for the extreme lifelong vows it imposes (like not talking, ever).

Liu is not physically imposing like the Williams sisters, or Garbiñe Muguruza, who beat Venus in straight sets in the women's final on Saturday.

She said that despite the popular image of umpires as large and imposing, like Joe West or Eric Gregg, size would not be a factor in her career.

We "can feel our own // ambitions recede / then colossally resurge, / partial and imposing like the gate / before the gate, // hinged on nothing".

In the Whitworth they will be much more sculptural and imposing – like the sensation of coming across them in the desert.