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01. Selling marijuana is illegal, but the law isn't really [enforced] much in Amsterdam.
02. The ban on political meetings is being brutally [enforced] by members of the secret military police.
03. The United Nations Charter of Human Rights is not always [enforced] in every country.
04. The new government has promised to increase the budget for law [enforcement] in the state.
05. Any new law against cell phone use in cars will be difficult to [enforce].
06. The [enforcement] of the new law has proved difficult for police.
07. Gandhi once observed that faith must be [enforced] by reason.
08. The head of the F.B.I. once observed that no amount of law [enforcement] can solve a problem that goes back to the family.
09. Poverty and oppression, however rationalized, are endured not because people agree on their legitimacy, but because they are [enforced] by those who benefit from them.
10. Earl Wilson once said that we have 35 million laws trying to [enforce] Ten Commandments.
11. The human infant's relatively long period of helplessness [enforces] dependence on adult caretakers.
12. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that the ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the [unenforceable].
13. Agatha Christie once suggested that we owe most of our great inventions, and most of the achievements of genius to idleness - either [enforced] or voluntary.
14. The Taliban government in Afghanistan [enforced] codes of dress and behavior that were especially restrictive to women.
15. In Saudi Arabia, correct behavior is [enforced] by religious police, who can even enter private homes to check on people.
16. Although elementary education is mandatory in the Côte d'Ivoire, the rule is not strictly [enforced].
17. This country's pot laws are completely [unenforceable]. It's time we rethought our war on drugs.
18. If the government ever really [enforces] our drug laws, they'll have to put thousands of people in jail.
19. Photo radar seems to be fairly successful in [enforcing] speed limits on our highways.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • enforce — en·force vt en·forced, en·forc·ing: to cause to take effect or to be fulfilled enforcing the divorce decree Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation U.S. Constitution amend. XIX Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… …   Law dictionary

  • Enforce — En*force , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enforced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enforcing}.] [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F. enforcir; pref. en (L. in) + F. force. See {Force}.] 1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • enforce — enforce, implement are comparable when they mean to put something into effect or operation. Enforce is used chiefly in reference to laws or statutes. The term suggests the exercise of executive rather than legislative power or the use of the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • enforce — [en fôrs′, infôrs′] vt. enforced, enforcing [ME enforcen < OFr enforcier < en , in + force, FORCE] 1. to give force to; urge [to enforce an argument by analogies] 2. to bring about or impose by force [to enforce one s will on a child] 3. to …   English World dictionary

  • Enforce — En*force , n. Force; strength; power. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A petty enterprise of small enforce. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • enforce — UK US /ɪnˈfɔːs/ US  / ˈfɔːrs/ verb [T] ► LAW to make sure that people obey something such as a law or rule: »Regulations do not mean anything unless they are enforced. »The bar had a lawsuit filed against it for not enforcing the smoking ban. ►… …   Financial and business terms

  • Enforce — En*force, v. i. 1. To attempt by force. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To prove; to evince. [R.] Hooker. [1913 Webster] 3. To strengthen; to grow strong. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • enforce — early 14c., to drive by physical force; mid 14c., make an effort; strengthen a place; compel, from O.Fr. enforcier or from EN (Cf. en ) (1) make, put in + FORCE (Cf. force). Related: Enforced; enforcing …   Etymology dictionary

  • enforce — is the correct spelling, not inforce (which however survives in reinforce). Its typical grammatical objects are such things as a law or rule, a ban, a policy, a person s wish, etc. The derived adjective is enforceable …   Modern English usage

  • enforce — [v] put a rule, plan in force accomplish, administer, administrate, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, crack down, demand, dictate, discharge, dragoon, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort …   New thesaurus

  • enforce — ► VERB 1) compel compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation). 2) cause to happen by necessity or force. DERIVATIVES enforceable adjective enforced adjective enforcement noun enforcer noun …   English terms dictionary

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