Sentence examples for curtails to from inspiring English sources

The move, which gives the government stepped-up powers to deal with suspected terrorists but also curtails to a degree the rights of ordinary citizens, marks an unhappy juncture in what had perhaps been the only real success story to emerge from the 2011 uprisings that were collectively dubbed the Arab Spring.

In 1982 the number was curtailed to about 20.

With austerity looming, those, too, might be curtailed to save money.

"I don't want a situation where our practices are curtailed to their needs," she said.

The Human Rights Act would be scrapped and the European of Human Rights "curtailed" to make it easier to deport foreign criminals.

In 1994, after charges of fraud, he was forced to accept a term curtailed to two years.

Air traffic was sharply curtailed, to a level that the government said the remaining controllers could manage.

Here, again, intrabrand competition is curtailed to secure distribution channels that facilitate more vigorous inter-brand competition.

Ski time has been curtailed to just a brief morning on the pistes above this Alpine village.

Provisions offering greater protection for American workers adversely affected by free trade were curtailed to suit Republicans.

In this paper, the wind is allowed to be curtailed to ensure the power balance.