Sentence examples for merely prohibits from inspiring English sources

The Hong Kong government, meanwhile, merely prohibits trading in three shark species protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, rather than the far larger number of species that scientists say are threatened.

It merely prohibits using "this subsection" as justification for its expanded use into other areas.

This model of universalisability does not require that we adopt all universalisable principles, but merely prohibits us from adopting those that are not.

The law did not explicitly ban the use of traditional incandescents; it merely prohibited their import and sale.

(Many other states kept established churches well into the independence period. The first amendment merely prohibited Congress from establishing a religion).

The increased willingness of the ECtHR to recognize positive obligations moves Article 14 from merely prohibiting discrimination, to protecting individuals from discrimination.

The board of supervisors passed the ordinance now complained of; so that, as pointed out by the court, the ordinance in effect merely prohibited burials in existing cemeteries.

It does not merely prohibit the use of the word ivory, of course, because the description is often referring to color.

In the case of Christianity, this is sometimes owing to the policy of the early church of scheduling Christian observances at dates when they would eclipse pagan ones a practice that proved more efficacious than merely prohibiting the earlier celebrations.

Fourteen states and the District of Columbia prohibit any use of electronic devices while driving, but many other states merely prohibit the hand-held use of such devices.

Instead of merely prohibiting pages, Facebook wants to promote free speech and says both sides are to blame for wrong information out there.