Sentence examples for imposed to stop from inspiring English sources

Although the Iranians were severely strained by American sanctions, imposed to stop the regime from developing a nuclear weapon, they were unstinting in their efforts to save Assad.

Since then, further email evidence has been uncovered showing individual or group targets are being imposed to stop people's benefits at offices across the country.

Mr. Jordan immediately reiterated his commitment to defend the cap that was imposed to stop investors, desperate for a safe haven from the euro crisis, from driving up the value of the franc to levels that make exports uncompetitive.

After Labor's 2013 election defeat, Shorten won the party's first leadership contest with rank and file participation, under rules imposed to stop Labor's culture of leadership destabilisation, which also left him secure despite poor personal approval ratings and patchy performance.

The North Koreans have not gone back to the talks, refusing entreaties from China to return until Washington ends financial penalties that it had imposed to stop sales of missiles, drugs and counterfeit dollars.

Were a withholding tax imposed to stop this, surely he already a law-breaker, remember would switch his savings to Switzerland, or still farther afield, rather than pay up?A withholding tax might indeed reduce tax revenues, not raise them, by driving more savings out of the country.

But there are indeed "blockages" in Congress -- antagonistic Republicans and even some Democrats from states rich in coal, oil and gas reserves whose economies could be hit hard by the kinds of limits Obama wants to impose to stop global warning.

Thailand imposed measures to stop incoming money from pushing up the already artificially low value of the baht.

The Council has twice voted to impose sanctions to stop Iran from enriching uranium, in December 2006 and March 2007.

If the UK follows in the steps of the US "shale gas revolution", it should impose regulations to stop such radioactive buildup, they said.

"Amid talk of a possible temporary cessation of strikes on Aleppo, the question is whether Russia and China will finally allow the UN security council to impose sanctions to stop barrel bombs".