Sentence examples for local prohibition from inspiring English sources

After tolerating the service for 13 months the Libyan regulator, nic.ly, now argues that vb.ly violates a local prohibition on pornography.

In the United States an early wave of movements for state and local prohibition arose from the intensive religious revivalism of the 1820s and '30s, which stimulated movements toward perfectionism in human beings, including temperance and abolitionism.

Founded in 1875 by Methodists as a summer religious retreat, the city remains a centre for conferences of religious and other groups; alcohol was banned in Pacific Grove until 1969, when it became the last California city to end local prohibition.

In the United States an early wave of movements for state and local prohibition arose out of the intensive religious revivalism of the 1820s and '30s, which stimulated movements toward perfectionism in human beings, including temperance and the abolition of slavery.

Because all Ribes species are alternative hosts of the destructive blister rust fungus, which also attacks white pines, there are local prohibitions to growing Ribes near any white pine plantations.

In his opinion essay ["Piecemeal Attack on Cell Phones," Dec. 24] opposing the imposition of local prohibitions against the use of hand-held cell phones by drivers, Tom Levin's lawyerly instincts have overruled the need for common-sense approaches to the problem of how to motivate action by state government.

The Clinton administration, urging the justices to reject the appeal, said the assault weapons ban was based on evidence that "the nationwide market for firearms renders purely local prohibitions ineffective" and was not invalidated by the 1995 decision in United States v. Lopez.

Indeed, Lively's barnstorming through the Soviet Union was followed -- sometimes closely -- by local prohibitions on homosexual propaganda.

Pellet gun companies warn customers who shop online that local prohibitions bar them from shipping to New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia and a few other jurisdictions.

Meanwhile, House Republicans are expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would address the NICS system and expand the ability of out-of-state visitors to carry concealed guns in places like Los Angeles or New York City, effectively overriding strict state and local prohibitions.

WASHINGTON ― House Republicans are expected to vote as early as Wednesday on legislation to expand the ability of out-of-state visitors to carry concealed guns in places like Times Square or the streets of Los Angeles, effectively overriding strict state and local prohibitions.