1.   The authorities imposed strict controls on the movement of cattle.

2.   As the crisis worsened, the authorities imposed a news blackout.

3.   The authorities could impose statutory minimum reserve requirements on the banks to prevent them choosing to reduce their liquidity ratio and choosing thereby to create more credit.

4.   Just as with a cash ratio, the authorities could impose a statutory liquidity ratio or they could merely allow banks to set their own prudent liquidity ratio.

5.   Any extension would give the government considerable leverage over Milken, since it would theoretically allow the authorities to impose on Milken the remaining years of his prison sentence.

6.   At that time, the ministry of finance suspended business at the firms for six weeks, and the authorities imposed a few moderate fines.

7.   Abu Middein was heavily criticized by Israeli and American officials after he announced in May that the authority would impose the death penalty for land sales to Israelis.

8.   Allow prison authorities to impose sanctions against an inmate whose suit is deemed frivolous by a judge.

9.   He said he would also ask for the authority to impose fines on companies that do not comply with federal monitoring regulations.

10.   In certain instances, the authorities can already impose such sanctions on the state and federal level.