Sentence examples for curtailing traffic from inspiring English sources

Now, the nuclear disaster in Japan is curtailing traffic in one of their biggest and most lucrative markets.

The airline said fears of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which is spreading in Hong Kong and southern China, were curtailing traffic to those parts of Asia.

And prospects for curtailing traffic congestion are further dimmed by the Bush administration's denial of any legitimate national interest in energy conservation.

He exacerbated the problem by removing the western extension of the congestion zone and by reducing road capacity in central London by 25% on key routes through the introduction of cycle superhighways without taking action to curtail traffic in central London.

Earlier this month, in what may be one of the last chances to bring EU law to bear on the issue, the high court ruled that the government had knowingly failed to draw up plans to bring it within legal limits and there must be immediate action, even if that means drastic measures to curtail traffic.

The goal of prohibiting sex-for-money is to reduce the demand, and thus curtail trafficking if not stamp it out entirely.

Like General Dallaire, he and several other officials at new United Nations programs were in New York to look for ways to curtail trafficking in the kind of guns that most easily fall into young hands.

With khat already outlawed in many European countries, Canada, and the US, the international community can exert joint pressure on the UK to ban the substance, in part to attempt to curtail trafficking hubs that ultimately wind up sending more product elsewhere.

The North responded by curtailing border traffic and suspending Hyundai's business taking South Korean tourists to Kaesong.

Leaving aside whether such equipment is helpful in curtailing drug trafficking, it was at least clear how much money was spent on those radios.

This February, Iranian authorities halted such killings in the weeks surrounding parliamentary elections — a common practice, and one that suggests the arbitrary ordering of executions is largely political and not aimed at actually curtailing drug trafficking or use in Iran.