Sentence examples for ban turning from inspiring English sources

In August 1984 the Thatcher government banned Galvin from entering Northern Ireland but he defied the ban, turning up at a republican rally in west Belfast.

Scott Hanson had found a way around the ban, turning his t-shirt into a walking sign.

She has been a vocal critic of his Cabinet picks and blasted his travel ban, turning up at Boston's Logan airport to join protesters.

"If a ban turns out to be beneficial for business, you'll hear it from me first".

Yesterday, English airports were largely deserted but knots of passengers, unaware of the blanket ban, turned up to find empty check-in desks.

While a national ban turned off the lights in some of Moscow's biggest casinos on Wednesday, one Russian gambling operator refused to go dim.

And yet even this temporary ban turned out to be entirely toothless.

But also warnings that the ban turns centuries of British legal tradition on its head, and plenty of Twitter users saying that the 97 deaths from legal highs in 2012 pales in comparison to the thousands of deaths linked to booze.

I heartily approve of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's plan to ban turns on 10 busy Midtown streets on weekdays ("Don't Even Think About Turning Here," editorial, Oct. 3).

In a clear indication of his frustration over the issue of Israeli settlement-building Ban remarked: "Turning to a subject I am very sorry to have to raise yet again – I am very concerned about the recent announcement of plans to advance settlements in east Jerusalem, which are in clear violation of international law.

But, to date, Obama has largely avoided the issue, dropping campaign promises to impose tougher gun regulations and restore the assault weapons ban, and turning down a request from ATF to expedite gun reporting requirements as violence escalated along the U.S.-Mexico border.