1.   A government or religion prescribes and imposes sanctions selected by their effectiveness in controlling citizen or communicant.

2.   Finally, the courts have ruled that school boards can impose economic sanctions on teachers who go on strike.

3.   Polanyi would propose a world environment organisation with the right to impose sanctions on countries that refuse to cut emissions.

4.   The U.S. threatened to impose sanctions on any country that used chemical or biological weapons.

5.   The UN Security Council may impose economic sanctions.

6.   The US imposed economic sanctions on Panama.

7.   The continued abuse of human rights has now led the United States to impose sanctions against the regime.

8.   Yassir Arafat, the PLO Chairman, called upon the Arab states to impose economic sanctions on countries and companies involved in the transfer of Jews to Arab lands.

9.   Meanwhile, Jordan received offers of compensation, on condition that the sanctions were strictly imposed, from the USA, the European Communities, Japan and Saudi Arabia.

10.   By all accounts Hussein was given a cool reception by Bush, who pressed him to impose UN sanctions quickly, offering some financial compensation in return.