1.   So state regulators are imposing a moratorium on new sewer hookups.

2.   A couple months later, Smith walked away from the table when federal regulators imposed cable rate cuts that made the TCI acquisition less appealing.

3.   A spokeswoman for Aderis declined to comment, citing the quiet period regulators impose on companies waiting to go public.

4.   All of the people interviewed for this article agreed that there was little chance the regulators would impose such changes.

5.   But Con Ed officials said conditions that Connecticut regulators imposed last month on the planned acquisition left uncertain whether it could be carried out.

6.   But suppliers are unlikely to sign contracts at reasonable prices unless the federal regulators impose a firm price cap.

7.   Dittemore, however, said the deal could go forward if conditions are imposed by regulators.

8.   Environmental regulators often impose fines on resorts, and sometimes close them down.

9.   Federal and state regulators imposed embarrassing sanctions on the bank that took it to task for lax supervision and weak controls on money laundering.

10.   Federal regulators imposed a nearly yearlong moratorium on those deals while drafting more stringent regulations to halt financial abuses.