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Meanings of impose on in English

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Usage of impose on in English
1
What level of cost will the emissions trading scheme impose on businesses?
Reuters
2
The just God does not impose on mankind the necessity for scoundrels.
Napoleon the Little
3
This isn't a legalistic trip which they seek to impose on others.
The Guardian
4
She didn't want to impose on him more than she already had.
Answered prayers
5
An artifice so shallow was not likely to impose on Mr. Henley.
Anna St. Ives
6
It's a darned shame the way all of them impose on Kate.
A Daughter of the Land
7
It isn't right, I know, to impose on you in this way.
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
8
He believes those who flatter him, who impose on his good heart.
The Money Master, Complete
9
Why impose on himself this hour of waiting, of anguish and torture?
The Mystery of Orcival
10
You thus impose on the impetuous sallies of cupidity a salutary rein!
The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the ...
11
Said she didn't want to impose on my hospitality any longer.
Monday Mourning
12
They're hardly allowed to do anything, much less impose on or pressure anyone.
The unincorporated man
13
I mean, I don't really know you well enough to impose on you.
Beauty and the feast
14
It's none of publishers' business what conditions funders impose on authors.
The Guardian
15
Plus, Stephen couldn't quite bring himself to impose on the newlyweds.
A match made in texas
16
I will accept any sanction the club impose on me regarding this incident.
The Guardian
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common