Sentence examples for were not enforcing from inspiring English sources

By the time of the Lawrence case, states had either repealed anti-sodomy laws or were not enforcing them.

And despite changes made in federal election law in 2002, the 2004 election demonstrated that many states and localities were not enforcing them.

Mr. Schachter of Fenwick & West, for example, said many of his clients had been issuing overly broad noncompete agreements for mere psychological effect, assuming that if an employee ever took them to court, they could escape liability by saying they were not enforcing the agreement.

"I would be surprised if people were not enforcing this law," Chan says.

It already has building regulations that should have prevented the collapse but they were not enforced.

(Rules prohibiting the transfer of materials between divisions were not enforced).

The company implemented the human-resources changes, but other parts of the agreement were not enforced.

Gateway node analysis was then performed considering each cluster individually and density requirements were not enforced.

Gateway node analysis was then performed considering each network individually and density requirements were not enforced.

Informants assumed that patents were not enforced by the government or industry.

Paradoxically, caspase and Bid processing were not enforced by the combination, despite enhanced apoptosis.