Example sentences of "imposing [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The members of the People 's Will convinced themselves that in hounding the Tsar they acted in the name of the people , but their ‘ subconscious ideal ’ , never fully achieved , ‘ was of a militant authoritarian party imposing its will on the masses . ’ |
| 2 | The Second World War was different from the previous wars in that the Soviets as the occupying power , were imposing their ideology on the people they had taken control of in Eastern Europe . |
| 3 | In Chapter Two it was noted that although presidents face many difficulties in imposing their will on the American political system their chances of doing so are rather greater in foreign and defence policy than in domestic affairs . |
| 4 | When his reorganization plan was completed then he could anticipate greater delegation , but not yet , not while he was imposing his will on the Service . |
| 5 | He proved incapable of imposing his leadership on the political system and he failed to bring about significant public policy change . |
| 6 | Counsel for the prosecution invited the jury to decide between the suggestion that the officer had ‘ gone to the very depth of deceit ’ by imposing his attention on the woman or whether she had made ‘ a wicked and false allegation ’ . |