Sentence examples for often enforcing from inspiring English sources

He maintains that it's a myth that "even in high-crime urban areas... officers are often enforcing the law.

We see this with children who retreat into some deep space within themselves to escape the abuse of adults, often enforcing a permanent retreat through a life of mental illness.

More concretely, we find an ongoing dispute within the Old Testament between two opposing narratives: The first is a narrative of unquestioning obedience that condemns all questioning (often enforcing this through threat of violence).

We have, incidentally, a moratorium on the death penalty, which is often enforced in other G-8 countries.

But they tend to be choosy about whom they grant citizenship to, and they often enforce Islamic law.

Mr. Navalny's case is particularly disturbing in a country where laws are too often enforced selectively by those in power.

Congregations have shrunk to an elderly tenth of what they were when churchgoing was a public duty often enforced by the local gentry on their servants and staff.

It is true that support from the extended family, often enforced by local custom and religious beliefs, contributes to the survival of peasant societies.

Regulation of online commerce varies widely and EU law is often enforced inconsistently.But some sources of friction need to be dealt with globally, the authors say.

Beside his useful measures, Peter often enforced superficial Europeanization rather brutally; for example, when he decreed that beards should be shorn off and Western dress worn.

This obnoxious and dishonest rigidity, often enforced by a cult-like following, is, I believe, one of the reasons why the left often struggles to build support.