"The United States and some other countries have imposed sanctions on Iran for many years now," he said.

Many airports in Europe and the Middle East have imposed strict security measures for more than 10 years.

We need time, a good deal of time, to recover from what was imposed on us for 60 years.

This regime was imposed for eight years, until he turned 16.

Capital punishment is legal in Tonga, but has not been imposed for more than thirty years.

Now parole denials can be imposed for 7, 10 and even 15 years.

He turned the painful exile that the military dictatorship had imposed on him for thirteen years into benefits.

Now, the agency is considering extending those sanctions, a process called debarment, which can be imposed for three years to life.

They imposed a Soviet-style economic model for around ten years, with no truly convincing success.

Peel's income tax was imposed for three years, with the possibility of a two-year extension.