The phrase "a curtailing of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the reduction or limitation of something, such as rights, privileges, or resources.
Example: "The new policy resulted in a curtailing of employee benefits, leading to dissatisfaction among the staff."
Alternatives: "a reduction in" or "a limitation of".
Could revelations like this lead to a curtailing of prisoners' rights?
Mr. Wright said that one consequence of the tax cut deal could be a curtailing of the Fed's program that was originally planned to last into next summer.
Except for a few brighter spots, the general trend from Morocco to the Persian Gulf has been towards a reinforcement of central control, a curtailing of public freedoms, and a fading of hopes for peaceful democratic change.
"Should this pattern continue, the central bank will be confronted with the choice of an overheated economy, with its potential recessionary consequences, or a curtailing of dollar asset purchases," Mr. Greenspan said.
— Gov. Rick Perry of Texas released a long-promised jobs and energy proposal Friday that resembles a wish list for the oil and gas industry, promising new drilling across much of the country, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as well as a curtailing of environmental regulations and "dismantling" the Environmental Protection Agency.
— Gov. Rick Perry of Texas released a long-promised jobs and energy proposal that resembled a wishlist for the oil and gas industry, promising drilling across much of the country, including in Alaska's wilderness, and a curtailing of environmental regulations that includes a "dismantling" of the Environmental Protection Agency in its current form.
But to sufficiently insure against the possibility of such a disaster, banks would have to radically curtail their lending, which would presumably mean a radical curtailing of economic activity, etc.
Judging by a recent speech by William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, or the admittedly little that is known of Mr Cameron's foreign-policy instincts, a drastic curtailing of these under the Tories is unlikely.
He has proposed tax cuts that would, effectively, give trillions of dollars to the rich, an elimination of the Dodd-Frank legislation enacted to regulate Wall Street after the financial crisis, and a severe curtailing of environmental rules.
Restrictions to civil and industrial water use have accompanied the water shortages, along with a drastic curtailing of inland water transportation and increases in both forest fires and energy consumption for cooling, according to the EDO report.
"It reaffirms, to me, my own determination to bring real changes to our human rights laws and to see a real curtailing of the role of the European Court in this country".
