Sentence examples for be overly restrictive from inspiring English sources

A judiciary that leans heavily on the most conservative Islamic judges rather than on those trained in civil law could be overly restrictive in its judgments.

"We don't want to be overly restrictive on people, but if we can't preserve the character and the beauty of the town, what do we wind up with?" he said.

The new plan will require constant monitoring by the administration and midcourse corrections if, say, the rules for homeowners turn out to be overly restrictive or the banks lard up the new loans with excessive fees.

Overall, these policies do not appear to be overly restrictive.

To encourage innovation, it is important that the minimum standards not be overly restrictive; there are often multiple technical solutions to a design problem, and different design points are desired for different applications.

As non-biological data comprises all information not originating from a biological sample, standards for the protection of biological data may be overly restrictive, wholly inappropriate when used to protect non-biological data.

This restriction is overly restrictive, in that it would force those who both defend what are normally called special 'obligations' and reject the voluntarist thesis to refer instead to special 'duties.' In any case, nothing seems to ride on one's choice of terminology.

Players contend the proposal by owners is overly restrictive for rookies.

A federal district court in New York ruled in March that the contract was overly restrictive.

The sad death of Bob Jones obviously meant the byelection could not be planned, but the legislation is overly restrictive.

If true, Ms. McLaren argues, that proves her point: American copyright laws are overly restrictive and outdated.