Sentence examples for major ban from inspiring English sources

Industrial asbestos use was reduced dramatically with a major ban on all asbestos types in 1998.

Groups like CERES, an umbrella advocacy group, help major investors ban together to bring these resolutions.

Consequently the S.E.C. required that the major exchanges ban most floor trading, an exception being trading to contribute to "orderly" markets — that is, markets not subject to violent price fluctuations.

The New York City Board of Health voted yesterday to adopt the nation's first major municipal ban on the use of all but tiny amounts of artificial trans fats in restaurant cooking, a move that would radically transform the way food is prepared in thousands of restaurants, from McDonald's to fashionable bistros to Chinese take-outs.

Though many museums encouraged or at least tolerated selfies as a way for visitors to connect with and promote the collection, most major institutions banned selfie sticks.

The problem may be cultural, though in theory no major religion bans donation, or it may be a matter of trust.

It was a fresh blow to the farming industry, coming just weeks after the discovery of foot and mouth disease in Surrey which led to major export bans.

Many major corporations banned smoking on their own years ago, attesting to the priority they place on the health of their workers.

Google got a bit of bad press shortly after its launch when the major networks banned Google TV not from their sites entirely, just the streaming content.

In response, local governments increasingly have adopted a variety of measures specifically intended to reduce the store-level consumption of single-use shopping bags in 5 major categories: bans, imposition of fees and taxes, establishing minimum product design of bags, requiring consumer education, and mandating retailer take-back programs.

(Last year, after the death of Cecil the lion, many major airlines banned the transport of such trophies).