Sentence examples for act that restrict from inspiring English sources

The phrase "act that restrict" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be missing a noun or article to clarify the subject, such as "an act that restricts" or "the act that restricts."
Example: "The act that restricts access to certain information has raised concerns among the public."
Alternatives: "measure that limits" or "law that constrains."

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The usage of benefit-cost analysis is limited by interpretations of portions of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act that restrict consideration of costs or establish technology standards.

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This is the act that restricts landholders from wholesale clearing of native vegetation.

Dr Penny Woods, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, said: "We urgently need a new clean air act that restricts the most polluting vehicles from our urban areas and protects everyone's lung health – air pollution affects all of us".

As Catherine Haddon explains in a helpful Institute for Government blog on this,"there is nothing in the act that restricts the number of times we go through the merry-go-round of a government falling and a further government being formed".

In 1996 Congress increased the number of guards on the border, tightened asylum rules and made it harder for illegal immigrants to become legal; it also passed a welfare-reform act that restricts legal immigrants' claims on public assistance.

Voting 5 to 4, the court upheld a provision of a recent federal law, the Prison Litigation Reform Act, that restricts the authority of federal judges to keep in place court orders governing the operation of state and local prison systems.

Much more important is the continued imposition of the antiquated Jones Act that restricts foreign companies from shipping goods to Puerto Rico, ultimately benefiting mainland businesses at the expense of the island.

Oh, and a "Fair Elections Act" that restricts access to the vote, introduced by a party that carried out electoral fraud in 2011.

Over the past few months, both governments have introduced new legislative acts that restrict political rights and subvert the institutional foundations of democracy.

The measure is part of a legislative package drafted by the Justice Department to relax provisions in the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that restrict the administration's ability to intercept electronic communications in the United States.

The mobile lifestyle of nomads and gender inequality also act as major challenges that restrict women's utilization of maternal health care services.

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