Sentence examples for were to enforce from inspiring English sources

"If the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration were to enforce these standards," said Brendan Peter, director of government affairs at the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, which issues policy guidelines to state motor vehicle department, "electric bicycles would have to be incredibly costly and no one would buy them".

If China were to enforce these new rules fully beyond the 12-nautical-mile zones, naval experts say, at stake would be freedom of navigation, a principle that benefits not only the United States and other Western powers but also China, a big importer of Middle East oil.

However, if the SEC were to enforce disclosure rules in the area of security, companies would have a real incentive to take action.

U.S. states and territories were to enforce stricter requirements when issuing IDs, including demanding more proof of identity.

NBA Executive Y told Referee Supervisor Z that the referees for that game were to enforce the screening rules strictly against that Team 4 player".

When and if we were to enforce a no-fly zone and innocent Libyan civilians are injured or killed by us, will we then be excoriated as we were last weekend by President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at a memorial service for civilians killed by American troops?

"The problem is to enforce legislation.

My job is to enforce the law".

What's needed is to enforce them.

The goal is to enforce it next year.

The right thing to do is to enforce innovation rights.