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Synonyms for imposing

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Synonyms for imposing

impressive in appearance

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used of a person's appearance or behavior

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This move is undeniably so controversial in view of what happened to RA 7659 which is the previous law imposing death penalty.
We all deal with such imposing people in our daily life, where we know there is a major breach of boundaries and that you're dealing with somebody who just doesn't gel on the core values, and when they introduce something in a fashion that directly or indirectly communicates that you must do it 'or else', or where they try to force you to accept their inappropriate behaviour.
More importantly, the Modi government has always promoted all Indian languages and therefore there is no case of or intention of imposing any language on anybody.
The food department during checking in district Manshera inspected 80 shopkeepers and found 15 guilty imposing a sum of 36000 fine on them.
Imposing a cost on someone involves more than simply bringing it about that he bears a cost:
Head of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the US measures for imposing sanctions against Iran signal imposing embargo against its own companies.
Resting gently above the ground on 10 precast pad foundations, imposing little or no change to the water table or to the site's beautifully rich habitat, the more time spent considering the nature of this place reveals that the architect's principal moment of genius was when he first chose his site, long before a single element was put in place.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said it would start imposing its contract proposal on air traffic controllers.
to be imposing countervailing duties on Canadian lumber shipments into the American marketplace," said David Pressly, president of the National Association of Home Builders and a home builder from Statesville, N.C.
86-272 to prevent a state from imposing a tax on interstate commerce generated by an out-of-state corporation, unless minimum standards of business activity were present.
Hammell of International Advocates for Health Freedom points out that the "safety standards" imposed by the commission in essence treat vitamins as potentially dangerous drugs, imposing "Maximum Safe Permitted Levels" of potency that would make them subject to regulations in much the same way as drugs.
Reserve the right to terminate the plan without imposing conditions or equivocations.
The Department of Trade and Industry said research had shown that imposing an interest-rate ceiling had a negative effect on low-income borrowers.
As to the possibility of imposing some form of restriction on the flow of ferrous scrap out of the United States, Bodner noted, "history shows that it could exacerbate the problem."
Unfortunately, the base company rules defeat the point of that planning by imposing current U.S.