"imposition by" is a valid phrase and can be used in written English.
It is most commonly used to refer to a situation where someone is forced or required to accept or do something against their will. Example: The new regulations were met with opposition and were seen as an imposition by the local business owners.
Demonstrators have denounced the race as an imposition by the royal family that they want stopped.
The enemy was "hegemonism" and "repeated imposition" by you-know-who.
But for now, offending governments can paint the resolution as an imposition by the West.
Liberals tend to worry about religious establishment or imposition by government, while conservatives mostly focus on free exercise.
"That is a take-it-or-leave-it provision; it is an imposition by any other name.
The government justifies this curious imposition by arguing that the tax is designed to encourage renewable energy rather than to penalise the carbon-producers.
Some filmmakers here suggest that impositions by the China censors are similar to the restrictions imposed by a ratings system administered by the Motion Picture Association of America.
The reaction in Greece to impositions by its creditors shows how hard that would be.The failings of the euro as a currency zone have barely been addressed.
He also discusses more "plausible impositions" by the state, like Quebec's ban on private insurance that covers services already provided by the public health system and Vermont's effort to keep out Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers.
More importantly, however, Quincy's visit with Howe, Hooper, and Harnett engendered a desire among those present to open up inter-colonial lines of communication in order to coordinate responses to future impositions by the British government.
It's been an imposition brought by material limitations and bureaucratic controls.
