Sentence examples for sought to enforce from inspiring English sources

New legislation sought to enforce fair trading and to guard against a return to monopolies.

The next year, Chinachem sought to enforce its contracts and lay claim to the bank shares.

Second, no leader has ever sought to enforce specific standards for Muslim assimilation.

They have not sought to enforce the resolutions, 16 in number.

Georgia, for instance, had not sought to enforce its law for decades.

"The union took a position that we had rights under the agreement and we sought to enforce those rights.

The company sent out menacing letters to firms, seeking to enforce its "rights".

But its digitization project has prompted numerous lawsuits by publishers seeking to enforce their copyrights.

It is unwise for them to break the rules and then turn on the people seeking to enforce the law.

The specifics of the charges remained uncertain Friday, but government officials did not appear to be seeking to enforce it.

"And in 2013, much higher fees were imposed on workers seeking to enforce their rights at employment tribunals," it says.