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01. You shouldn't try to [impose] your religion on others; everyone has a right to their own beliefs, and you should respect them.
02. I hope my coming to talk to you isn't an [imposition].
03. The government has [imposed] a wage freeze for the next year in the public sector.
04. The festival organizers [imposed] so many rules on their volunteers that a lot of people quit.
05. There is so much pressure [imposed] on public school teachers to do the job that parents don't want to do at home.
06. I'm afraid I would be [imposing] on my grandparents if I didn't pay rent while I was staying with them.
07. Teachers shouldn't try to [impose] their own religious or moral beliefs on their students.
08. Louis Armstrong once said that rank does not confer privilege or give power. It [imposes] responsibility.
09. Confucius once said, "Do not [impose] on others what you yourself do not desire."
10. In ancient Athens, the death penalty was [imposed] on anyone caught cutting down an olive tree, which was considered sacred.
11. Belgium is the only country that has never [imposed] censorship laws on adult films.
12. On January 28, 1687, a Japanese law was [imposed] by the Sunayoshi forbidding the killing of animals, and the eating of all fish, shellfish, and birds.
13. The government of Iraq considers the international boundaries of the Arab nations to have been [imposed] by the Europeans who occupied the countries following the Second World War.
14. Strict limitations on car ownership have been [imposed] in Hong Kong due to its small size, and large population.
15. Since becoming independent, the government of Uzbekistan has lifted most of the restrictions against religious practices that had been [imposed] by the communists .
16. In June of 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty may be [imposed] for murderers who committed their crimes as young as age 16, and for mentally retarded killers as well.
17. Since taking over Hong Kong, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be [imposed] on Hong Kong.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • impose — im‧pose [ɪmˈpəʊz ǁ ˈpoʊz] verb impose a ban/​tax/​fine etc to officially order that something should be forbidden, taxed etc: • The city council can not impose a utility tax without voter approval. • The US Commerce Department threatened to… …   Financial and business terms

  • imposé — imposé, ée (in pô zé, zée) part. passé d imposer. 1°   Mis dessus. Les mains imposées par l évêque. 2°   Les noms imposés par Adam aux animaux. 3°   Soumis à un tribut. Être imposé à tant.    Substantivement. Les plus imposés de la commune.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Impose — Im*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposing}.] [F. imposer; pref. im in + poser to place. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. [1913 Webster] Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impose — I (enforce) verb bid, bind, burden, charge, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, decree, demand, dictate, direct, drive, enact, encumber, enjoin, exact, execute, extort, force upon, impel, imponere, iniungere, insist upon, lay upon,… …   Law dictionary

  • imposé — Imposé, [impos]ée. part. Joug, tribut imposé. taxe imposée. taille imposée. un homme imposé à la taille. nom imposé. penitence imposée …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • impose — [im pōz′] vt. imposed, imposing [Fr, altered by assoc. with poser (see POSE1) < L imponere, to place upon < in , on + ponere: see POSITION] 1. to place or set (a burden, tax, fine, etc. on or upon) as by authority 2. to force (oneself, one… …   English World dictionary

  • Impose — Im*pose , v. i. To practice tricks or deception. [1913 Webster] {To impose on} or {To impose upon}, (a) to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things. Locke. (b) to place an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impose — ► VERB 1) force to be accepted, undertaken, or complied with. 2) (often impose on) take unfair advantage of someone. ORIGIN French imposer, from Latin imponere inflict, deceive …   English terms dictionary

  • Impose — Im*pose , n. A command; injunction. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impose — (v.) late 14c., to lay (a crime, etc.) to the account of, from O.Fr. imposer put, place; impute, charge, accuse (c.1300), from assimilated form of in into, in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + poser put, place (see POSE (Cf. pose)). Sense of to lay on as… …   Etymology dictionary

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