Sentence examples for imposed the first from inspiring English sources

So, on Aug. 5, 1861, he signed the newly-passed Revenue Act, which imposed the first federal income tax.

That year, the Chicago Province's leader, the Rev. Robert A. Wild, imposed the first set of "guidelines" on Father McGuire.

Lawmakers in 2007, over the industry's objections, imposed the first retail caps on cross-border mobile voice calls.

By 1999, the United Nations imposed the first of two sets of sanctions that cut off Taliban funds and arms.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's government imposed the first curfew in the capital for 15 years and he appeared on television last night to offer reassurance.

And now, just when that support is showing signs of weakening, the court has imposed the first important new constitutional restriction on capital sentencing in many years.

The rule the EPA had sought to suspend had imposed the first-ever federal limits on leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and natural-gas wells.

It was Mr. Reagan who most forcefully imposed "the Eleventh Commandment," which forbade Republicans from openly criticizing others in their party.

Democracy cannot quickly be imposed The second proposition of a liberal conservative foreign policy is a recognition that democracy cannot quickly be imposed from outside.

Starting this year, Britain imposed the second of two new supplemental taxes on petroleum revenue from the North Sea, pushing the government's share to 50percentt.

On 27 September 2015 officials in Paris imposed the first-ever "car-free day" in 30% of the city between the hours of 11 00 a.m. and 6 00 p.m.