Sentence examples for imposed oil from inspiring English sources

If the League had imposed oil sanctions, Mussolini said, he would have had to withdraw from Ethiopia within a week.

Before the sanctions were imposed, oil exports were a mainstay of the Syrian economy, but most of the exports went to Europe.

Since then, the noose has only tightened: the European Union and the United States imposed oil sanctions, and Turkey, furious that its entreaties have been ignored, has stopped trade across its border (on which the northern city of Aleppo, relatively calm and historically acquiescent to the regime, relies).

As the American aircraft carrier Nimitz headed for the Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone in southern Iraq, Iran, which had carried out raids against Iranian rebels in the zone, announced its own naval manoeuvres in the Gulf.The UN imposed oil, arms and travel sanctions on Sierra Leone, where soldiers seized power in May.

In response to Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait and its defeat the next year by an American-led military coalition, the United Nations Security Council imposed oil export restrictions, a ban on the import of weapons and potential weapons ingredients, and a series of disarmament requirements to be monitored by aggressive international inspections.

Growing up, the dark and imposing oil portrait of Elisha Ely Morgan, or "Captain Morgan" to us, that hung over our mantel often drew questions from visitors.

To impose oil sanctions against Iran took a promise to help debt-crippled Greece find an alternative source of oil (and soft finance).

Ms. Wilson exhibited imposing oil portraits as well as a large dramatic black and white wash drawing of a patient in a hospital bed.

President Clinton and other Western leaders expressed indignation at Mr. Saro-Wiwa's execution -- although not enough to impose oil sanctions on Nigeria, where American investment totals $7 billion.

Russia has eased up a bit lately, deciding this month against imposing oil duties and raising natural gas prices for Belarus, in a move observers said might indicate Moscow's willingness to at least recognize Mr. Lukashenko's victory.

The aquifer, based on its capacity, can also impose oil migration.