Sentence examples for imposed up from inspiring English sources

He noted that while the penalty before decriminalisation was a fine, routinely imposed up until the 1980s, it used to be a heavy jail sentence, and many convicted men took their own life.

There is a saying: 'When a rule is imposed up high, there is a way to get around it below.' " The struggle between an emperor and his bureaucracy follows a classic pattern in Chinese politics, and it rarely ends well for the emperor.

If Ford and Firestone knew of problems and did nothing, federal regulators could impose up to $925,000 in fines.

The WTO gave the European Union the right to impose up to $4 billion of retaliatory tariffs on American goods until the tax break was removed.

The announcement came one day before Brazil was to begin imposing up to $830 million in sanctions with authorization from the World Trade Organization.

The government, aiming to send a message to the financial industry, asked Judge Brinkema to impose up to the maximum 385-year sentence on Mr. Farkas.

Mr Bergdahl was previously charged with desertion, which can impose up to five years of imprisonment, before the recently added count of misbehaviour.

In that instance, the WTO has authorised the EU to impose up to $4bn worth of sanctions, which would be by far the largest in WTO history.

The European Union is entitled to impose up to $4 billion in retaliatory tariffs on American exports -- a reprisal far bigger than any the W.T.O. has ever approved.

The European Union inched closer to a trans-Atlantic trade war on Thursday, saying that it would seek to impose up to $12 billion a year in sanctions against the United States in retaliation for U.S. government subsidies to Boeing.

On Wednesday, members of the House debated the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, which would impose up to a five-year jail term on doctors who perform abortions based on gender.