Sentence examples for is about to impose from inspiring English sources

Brazil is about to impose tariffs on American goods after the World Trade Organisation ruled America unfairly subsidises cotton.

But now there are fears the Chinese economic downturn is about to impose an ice age chill on the sector.

The administration is about to impose some of the nation's toughest emissions rules for those plants, which are major contributors to smog, acid rain and greenhouse gases.

But he does not snarl well; he has rarely given the impression that he is about to impose himself on a situation.

But the country is about to impose strict immigration controls that many fear could deter visitors and discourage businesses from locating here.

But there is little prospect of a revival anytime soon, as the government is about to impose stiffer demands on banks to keep high capital ratios and to rely less on leverage and once-lucrative trading activities.

They are about to impose a communist world government on the world.

It was the new higher sellers' fees Christie was about to impose, she testified.

Rich's big opportunity came in 1973 with rumours that Opec was about to impose an oil embargo.

In explaining the sentence he was about to impose, Justice Carro sounded as if he were delivering a homily.

Justice Alan D. Marrus described the sentence he was about to impose as "callous," a word he also used to describe the killing.