Sentence examples for prevented from owning from inspiring English sources

One suggestion is that they should be prevented from owning shares in the companies that they track.

But while the Chinese owned the buildings, they were prevented from owning the land under them by California's Alien Land Act of 1913.

Under his proposals, banks would be prevented from owning, sponsoring or investing in hedge funds or private equity funds for their own profit.

Only those who are found to be an "imminent danger" would be prevented from owning guns, even though that standard isn't required in many states to commit people to institutions.

Some investors would be prevented from owning anything but the IB shares.The idea sounds bizarre, but such an artificial distinction does exist in the bond markets, where the big ratings agencies class debt issues on a scale from AAA, the highest class, to D, for bonds in default.

Predominantly black neighborhoods were "redlined"—meaning barred from receiving insured mortgages, and many African Americans were therefore effectively prevented from owning homes.

So any white Zimbabwean, let alone a foreign firm, is liable to be prevented from wholly owning any smallish enterprise or farm.

People who might normally be prevented from legally owning a gun, such as convicted felons or the mentally ill, could skirt such restrictions by printing them at home.

That sale prevented Bertelsmann from owning a competitor to AOL for three years.

In 1921, the state passed the Alien Land Law, which prevented Asians from owning or even leasing land.

The 1913 California Alien Land Law prevented them from owning land and even invalidated prior purchases.