Sentence examples for was first enforced from inspiring English sources

The ban on assault-weapons imports was first enforced by President George H. W. Bush and strengthened by President Bill Clinton before it was abandoned by President George W. Bush.

The prohibition on scandalum magnatum was first enforced by the King's Council.

The majority of medical device manufacturers in Taiwan produced Class I and some Class II medical devices at the time when GMP was first enforced.

For example, if we think of the history of the right of patient's self-determination, that is the matrix of all liberties rooted in our own bodies, we can see that it was first enforced in judicial cases and decisions in many countries.

In the 10 years since those restrictions were first enforced, the number of heat stroke deaths at college football practices has plummeted.

The day the laws were first enforced Luzinterruptus went to the Plaza de la Constitucion (Constitution Square) in the neighborhood of Vallecas and lined the landmark with lit-up toilet seats, each containing an article out of the Spanish constitution related to the rights of citizens and immigrants.

Coercive measures, including forced abortions and sterilizations, were common in the 1980s, when the so-called one-child policy was first strictly enforced.

A restrictive dress code was first introduced and enforced by President Omar al-Bashir's Islamist government after it came to power in a coup 20 years ago.

were first legally enforced just prior to 1980.

The current system, in which a city manager is hired -- and, if need be, fired -- by an elected nine-member council that issues policies the manager must enforce, was first approved by the city's voters in 1946.

Republicans in Congress have resisted immigration overhaul, insisting that the focus be first on enforcing current laws.