Sentence examples for in an attempt to restrict from inspiring English sources

Protests in the city centre were violently suppressed, and Syrian government forces imposed security cordons in several Damascus suburbs in an attempt to restrict the movements of possible demonstrators.

In an attempt to restrict lending, the People's Bank of China raised six times last year the share of bank assets that banks must keep on deposit at the central bank.

Defenses, too, may also look to make contact with Cruz more often, bumping him and prodding him near the line of scrimmage, in an attempt to restrict his superior speed.

For instance, the directive may adopt a proposal – popular in France – to limit the size of positions that traders can take when buying and selling futures contracts on commodities in an attempt to restrict the impact on prices of items as diverse as wheat, coffee or gold.

The statute (1290) generally referred to by its opening words, Quia emptores terrarum... ("because sellers of lands... .), called the Third Statute of Westminster by a contemporary chronicler, forbade subinfeudation (the letting out of parcels of land upon feudal tenure) in an attempt to restrict practices that cheated existing lords of their dues.

The Missile Technology Control Regime MTCRR) was set up in 1987 in an attempt to restrict the sales of equipment and technology for missiles with a range (300 kilometres, or 190 miles) and payload (500kg, or 1,100lb) that would enable them to carry nuclear warheads.

Dorota Szumilak, a 44-year-old financial analyst, signed the petition, explaining that she did so because she saw in the abortion ban proposal an attempt to restrict women's rights more broadly.

Our belief is that it is an attempt to restrict the growth of the camp".

That tactic, which looked to many like an attempt to restrict academic freedom, backfired.

But Britain and other leading countries are expected to proceed cautiously in any attempt to restrict the financial manoevring of corporations.

Despite President Obama's accommodating move last week, conservative leaders are hurtling along in their attempt to restrict birth control.