Sentence examples for has curbs from inspiring English sources

6) Creeping (and paying extortion fees) here and there through the sclerotic arteries of Lagos, Nigeria, which by 2015 may be the third-largest city on earth and which, in the words of the architect Rem Koolhaas, "has no streets; instead, it has curbs and gates, barriers and hustlers..

He has curbed costs.

That has curbed apartment construction.

Beijing has curbed its dollar hoarding.

This has curbed poaching, but has not ended it.

Recession has curbed demand for its minerals and forest products.

The downturn has curbed tax-financed help too.

The recent housing slowdown has curbed such plans.

Analysts say it has curbed the worst excesses.

The lack of a tax deduction has curbed international giving.

REFLECTIONS about how the Nixon Administration has curbed freedom of the press.