Sentence examples for abolish on from inspiring English sources

I dread the annual father-daughter dance both in grade school and now in my sorority, a tradition my mother tried to abolish on behalf of all the fatherless daughters in my school... to no avail.

The Australian Greens want negative gearing abolished on new housing investments, saving nearly $3bn over four years.

Penalty rates will also be abolished on Saturdays and weekday evenings.

Established in May 1666 and named for Hertford, England, the county government was abolished on October 1, 1960.

The federation was abolished on July 1 , 1956 when Montserrat became a colony in its own right.

They also want VAT abolished on bottled water under 10 litres, to make it cheaper than sugary drinks.

The Falange itself had become utterly moribund by this time and was formally abolished on April 1, 1977.

At the same time unemployment relief was abolished on the grounds that there was "no more unemployment".

Subbing has been outsourced to cut-price operators in New Zealand; subs have actually been abolished on some of Fairfax's regional newspapers.

The AWB is to be abolished on the grounds that it interferes in the free market and discourages farmers taking being hiring staff.

Having immediately halted the campaign to enforce the republican calendar (which was quietly abolished on January 1 , 1806, the Consulate then extended an olive branch to the refractory clergy.