Sentence examples for imposed rather than from inspiring English sources

"Coaching" is often imposed rather than invited.

Under this system, governments would have to vote to stop sanctions from being imposed, rather than vote to impose them.

Infamy, for this purpose, depends on the character of the punishment that may be imposed rather than on the nature of the crime.

I suspect that the main difference between us is that Sir Jeremy would prefer to see any changes imposed rather than be subject to negotiation and agreement.

When he applied for a variance to build his house and discovered the many restrictions the village imposed, rather than being put off he was more impressed.

Some in the European antiwar movement see the whole bundle of American values — consumer capitalism, a free market for information, an open electoral system — as having been imposed rather than chosen.

What the extension added, they said, was the power to impose rather than recommend development bans on critical watershed lands while guaranteeing that owners were compensated.

Directors are taking advantage of the distance the musical form imposes, rather than solving the problem that prevents musicals from being a viable means of conveying contemporary concerns.

"The big decision we took was to resolve the industrial dispute that was caused by the Conservative decision to impose rather than negotiate pay cuts," says Simon Letts, the council's Labour leader.

But at Harvard, numerous faculty members and administrators say, Mr. Summers's downfall resulted chiefly from his tendency to impose rather than persuade, to appear to have little regard for the views of others.

Snow praised the reintroduction of the Ice Warriors and called Skaldak "the show's most memorable villain in a while, thanks to his stern, occasionally psychopathic approach to problem solving, and an environment that helped make the bulky, heavy creature design imposing rather than laughably naff".