Sentence examples for imposed top from inspiring English sources

It gives countries too much latitude to make whatever commitments they want, relatively unconstrained by a common set of rules imposed "top down" by the agreement.

Here, authority is not imposed top-down.

Golden Phoenix made clear that state and local officials do not want imposed, top-down solutions.

We're discovering that style – which is individually determined and therefore adaptable to any budget – is superior to fashion, the cost of which is harder to control because it's imposed top-down.

This section explicitly diagnosed past plans and explained their deficiencies, which were largely due to their having been imposed top-down, with little employee ownership, buy-in, or discussion.

Let us keep in mind, though, that should these be imposed top-down, they will always reveal themselves to be an exclusive change, for the few and for a fleeting moment.

Unilever and Procter & Gamble have imposed top-down decision-making infrastructures.

Conservatives focus on Hayek's distrust of centrally imposed, top-down change.

Zelizer also shows that Medicare was not imposed top-down by Johnson, but its shape was largely determined by negotiations within Congress, with LBJ frequently taking a hands-off role.

Rather, we suggest that a combination of bottom-up sensory input and imposed top-down mental imagery can induce ownership which is similar in strength to multi-modal input.

(GP, formerly specialist paediatrician) Another concern expressed by our participants was that the reform had not resulted from a broad public debate and a process of participatory decision-making, but rather imposed top-down in a very short period of time.