Sentence examples for measure enforced from inspiring English sources

A new law that tightens America's borders by tracking every foreigner who enters the United States has been postponed because immigration officials say they are not ready to handle the job and Congress is not sure it really wants the measure enforced.

The measure, enforced only through citizen complaints, fines restaurants $250 ,then $500 per offense after an initial warning.

By this measure, enforcing the Clean Air Act has always been seen as a bad alternative, even though the Act and only the Act is written to prevent the kind of grotesque special interest bailouts contained in many pieces of legislation, such as over $60 billion of subsidies to the coal companies contained in the House's global warming legislation.

The measures enforced by the troika have created an economic contraction akin to that caused by war.

Another is educated labour: decades of regional austerity measures enforced by international financial institutions have undermined education outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.

The mayor's announcement immediately drew skeptical comment from civil liberties lawyers and protests from students who complained of draconian security measures enforced by overzealous officers.

Ms Alinejad said young Iranian men and women are fighting back against controlling measures enforced by the Iranian government through mediums such as dance and song.

John Edward, a spokesman for Scotland Stronger in Europe, said there were many significant positive measures enforced by the EU, such as parental leave, workers rights protections, the single market and free movement of people.

He is asking the Financial Reporting Council to adopt some measures enforced on banks since the 2008 crisis, such as requiring all companies to be able to "withhold or recoup" pay awards to directors when companies have not performed as expected.

Notwithstanding this different function, and in spite of the deployment of coercive measures enforced through unilateral trade policy, the author seeks to consider what, if any, real prospects for gain may exist for developing countries under the new bilateralism.

It took less than an hour of talks this morning for an alliance to be struck, with the groups bridging their numerous differences in a shared opposition to austerity measures enforced by the EU.