Sentence examples for imposing substantial from inspiring English sources

They generally offer little or no benefit while imposing substantial risks.

The new ozone standard has been the subject of fierce dispute, imposing substantial costs on industry and pitting states against one another, depending on whether they are "upwind" or "downwind" of sources of pollution.

Lock-ups have become more complex as bidders seek to deter and prevent competing bids by imposing substantial procedural hurdles on the target before it can terminate the original deal.

It will require them to greatly expand their Medicaid programs, imposing substantial costs, and add administrative burdens in setting up new insurance exchanges that will offer an array of private policies.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that everyone involved would have been better off if the Greek government had been forced into debt restructuring upfront, even at the cost of imposing substantial losses on its creditors.

This 'future' has already arrived for many existing reservoirs and most others will eventually experience a similar fate, thereby imposing substantial costs on society.

Treasury Secretary Geithner should identify China as a currency manipulator, and Congress should pass legislation that would authorize the president to impose substantial tariffs on Chinese goods if they fail to substantially revalue the yuan by the end of 2010.

At the same time, a multiyear, multifaceted war on terrorism will impose substantial new costs.

Purely defensive measures, meanwhile, often impose substantial costs on innocent people and may imperil civil liberties.

In this case, disclosure may impose substantial costs on companies without corresponding benefit.

But state officials said the federal policy went beyond the court ruling and could impose substantial new costs on states.