Sentence examples for imposes up from inspiring English sources

Mbede was arrested in March 2011 in connection with the text message and convicted the following month under a Cameroonian law that imposes up to five years in prison for homosexual acts.

(The big exception is Tennessee, which imposes up to a 16% tax on gifts above $13,000 a year to close relatives and above $3,000 to others).

The money-laundering statute at issue is a powerful prosecutorial tool because of the heavy penalties it imposes: up to 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of either $500,000 or twice the value of the transaction, whichever is greater.

For instance, Florida imposes a 2% tax and extends capital gains tax exemptions to certain residents while California imposes up to 10% capital gains tax.

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.