Sentence examples for they were imposed to from inspiring English sources

But since they were imposed to disarm Mr. Hussein, revoking them means finding that Iraq is free of illegal weapons.

In a statement, Mount Sinai said it regretted the layoffs, saying they were imposed to hold down costs.

Abelard attributes to William the view that words signify all things that they were imposed to name (Abelard D 112.24).

As described above, William argued that all significant words are imposed to name existing things in the world and these words generate sound understandings of those things they were imposed to signify.

So long as they are imposed to stop an irrational and damaging panic, they can actually be quite helpful.

Reforms to cut housing benefit from council tenants with spare rooms have saved taxpayers £1m a day since they were imposed a year ago, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

We believe that DWP should publish a more detailed breakdown of sanctions, and specifically more detailed explanations as to why they were imposed.

Campaign officials said they were imposing the restrictions to prevent the actual records from wide dissemination.

If they are imposed according to the physical quantity of an import (so much per ton, per yard, per item, etc)., they are called specific tariffs.

"They were imposing windfall taxes or threatening to change contractual terms, so they [the oil companies] probably wanted to put political pressure on those governments".

The former Prime Minister's wife said: "Sanctions are imposed in exceptional circumstances to force compliance with international law, where there is a threat to peace, or where they are imposed in response to a specific policy.