Sentence examples for been efforts to proscribe from inspiring English sources

In the United States, there have been efforts to proscribe the use of Sharia law in wills, marriages and other civil contracts, as well as the dozens of examples of mosques facing vandalism or public protest.

The specific question we face today is whether Nebraska's attempt to proscribe a particular method of abortion, commonly known as "partial-birth abortion," is constitutional.

The immediate ban is part of the government's new drive to proscribe organisations that glorify terrorism in addition to those having direct links to terrorist groups.

This power has been used to proscribe 74 organisations - everyone from the IRA to Muslims Against Crusades, the group that staged demonstrations against soldiers returning from Afghanistan.

"We ourselves are content to proscribe insults under the guise of public order," he wrote in The Daily Telegraph.

Speaking up for unfettered free expression, she insisted that "the cultural policy of Paris is not to proscribe but to permit".

The findings suggest it may be possible to proscribe a pill to treat – or at least significantly help – those with autism.

It claims torture can be justified on three grounds.First, it narrows the definition of torture, saying American law "was intended to proscribe only the most egregious conduct".

The Oslo accords had many faults, chief of which was the failure to proscribe settlement expansion while peace talks were in progress.

The law is no more capable of encouraging suicide than it is currently able to proscribe it.

Were grammarians supposed to proscribe and prescribe, or just describe?