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The phrase "a curb on" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate a restriction or limitation on something, often in the context of regulations or control.
Example: "The new law aims to impose a curb on excessive emissions from factories."
Alternatives: "a limit on" or "a restriction on".
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A curb on the number of nominee directorships any one person can hold.
Chinese officials share your pain and have ordered a curb on popular entertainment shows.
It's kind of putting a curb on what we love to do".
Gordon Brown should stiffen his resolve and lead international calls for a curb on their activities.
Elaborate encoding formulas would also act as a curb on piracy and unlicensed exhibition.
It is not in short supply and cannot therefore be a curb on growth.
Britain also had a boom in house prices but its rigid planning laws were a curb on construction.
A CURB on masks is an odd thing for Brazilians to be contemplating just days before Carnival gets cracking.
And the Teamsters have won a curb on the right of Mexican trucks to operate in the United States.
Critics denounced the law as discriminatory and said it is a curb on rights to free speech and assembly.
Its central demands are a tightening of Germany's asylum law and a curb on foreigners coming to Germany.
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