Sentence examples for rules to seize from inspiring English sources

In an interview this month with British television, Iceland's president, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, denounced the British government's approach of using antiterrorist rules to seize Icelandic assets.

The government is to tighten up the rules that allow councils to seize empty homes, claiming the current system, introduced under Labour, infringes civil liberties.

There should be hard rules determining when regulators have to seize a troubled financial firm.

Under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, a company is allowed to seize any "short swing" profits made by corporate insiders who buy and then sell shares of a company within a six-month period.

Related: Canada's Supreme Court Rules These Ecuadorians Can Try to Seize Chevron's Canadian Assets.

Judge Boyko ruled that the entities trying to seize properties had not proved that they actually owned the notes, and he blasted the banks for worrying "less about jurisdictional requirements and more about maximizing returns".

While the former proceeded to seize power and rule with an iron fist, the latter has quietly retreated to its barracks.

Kony, a self-declared mystic who claimed spirits had ordered him to seize power and rule Uganda according to the biblical 10 Commandments, has long been reported to be based in the Sudanese-controlled Kafia Kingi enclave.

Kony, a self-declared mystic who claimed spirits had ordered him to seize power and rule Uganda according to the biblical Ten Commandments, has led the LRA for two decades, in which the group has terrorised communities across northern Uganda.

Police threatened to seize tents that broke the rules and arrest the owners.

"This is the time to seize the opportunity for island home rule," he said mischievously.