Sentence examples for but stopped enforcing from inspiring English sources

The Netherlands has basically legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, and several countries, including Germany and France, have all but stopped enforcing laws against it.

But Republican lawmakers point to a sharp decrease in deportations — down 43percentt in 2015 from 409,849 in 2012 — to say that Mr. Obama has all but stopped enforcing immigration law.

The president had already stopped enforcing, but not yet repealed, the federal Defence of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

"In nearly six years in power, Hamas has moved gradually, imposing some changes, such as banning women from smoking water pipes in public, but has rescinded decrees or stopped enforcing them if the public resisted," AP reports.

After so many stocks "broke the buck" in recent weeks, the Nasdaq stopped enforcing its trading rule but will revisit that on April 20.

Hollywood may have stopped enforcing the Hays Code 50 years ago, but its repercussions are still felt.

In late October, the city stopped enforcing the rule against tents.

The city stopped enforcing the policy last July, and admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement.

It's hardly surprising, as the Environment Agency has more or less stopped enforcing.

First, his administration simply stopped enforcing laws of which it disapproved.

Whereas other monarchies have mostly abolished or stopped enforcing such laws, Thailand's was made harsher in the 1970s.