Sentence examples for it is stifling from inspiring English sources

It is stifling enterprise and initiative, and undoubtedly compromising economic activity, including for example the luxury goods sector, as companies such as Burberry and Prada can testify.

It is stifling economic growth, threatening public services, and is not even achieving the government's aim of straightening out public finances, Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon will claim today.

Since 1978, when the policy of liberalization began, the state sector has grown so large that it is stifling the private sector and, even more important, holding back the economy.

If the Brewers Federation sees the Reinheitsgebot as a way to raise international awareness of German beer, some smaller breweries are questioning whether the idea behind it is stifling innovation.

And they marched alongside "anti-capitalist Muslims", an umbrella group for devout young Turks disgusted by the government's pursuit of commercial gain at the expense of the environment, and, worse, of its Islamic credentials.To all of them, Mr Erdogan's grip seems as unshakable as it is stifling.

Google has offered concessions over the way it does business, following complaints that it is stifling competition in Europe, where it commands 90% of search business.

Its tiny 1.0-litre, three-cylinder engine makes a lovely, deep sound and tries willingly to do its job, but it is stifled by ludicrously long-legged gear ratios.

Occasionally, there is a drowsy sound from some lone weaver's shuttle, or shoemaker's last, but it is stifled by the thick walls and heavy dungeon-door, and only serves to make the general stillness more profound.

At worst, it is stifled.

As a result, players' creativity is no longer encouraged as it is stifled by tactics and rigid strategy.

It is supposed to compete and innovate but it is stifled by law and saddled with a governance structure that impedes innovation.