Sentence examples for prohibited except for from inspiring English sources

But from the perspective of a country like France, where semi-automatic weapons and handguns are strictly prohibited except for a few narrow exceptions, and where, incidentally, less than ten per cent of all homicides are by firearm (compared to sixty per cent in the United States), this measure looks like a drop in the ocean.

In Greco-Roman, no holds can be made below the hips, and the use of legs is prohibited except for support.

For example, carrying a loaded handgun into a federal building is prohibited (except for federal agents); all those occupants are thus protected from gun violence.

It is so inextricably linked to Cologne that use of the term Kölsch is prohibited except for beers brewed within the city limits.

They were turned back by park rangers and the monument superintendent, who said that the permit did not apply to a national monument or park, where taking of wildlife is prohibited except for research contributing to preservation of a species.

The receipt of anonymous donations is prohibited, except for anonymous donations totalling less than $5,000 received during a period starting with the date 12 months before the date when the candidate makes the declaration referred to below and ending with nomination day.

According to the Children's Act, circumcision of male children under the age of 16 is prohibited, except when circumcision is performed for religious purposes in accordance with the practice of the religion concerned and in the manner prescribed; or circumcision is performed for medical reasons on the recommendation of a medical practitioner.

Specific purified or recombinant growth factors (for example, IGF-1, VEGF, PDGF) are explicitly prohibited except when part of platelet-derived preparations from the centrifugation of autologous whole blood.

For instance, the Maputo Plan of Action evaluation report noted that in most African countries abortion is prohibited except when a mother's life is in danger [ 4].

Although federal law until now had prohibited drones except for recreational use or for some waiver-specific law enforcement purposes, the agency has issued only warnings, never penalties, for unauthorized uses, a spokeswoman said.

"Until new scientific evidence on alternative methods and their welfare aspects is available", the committee concluded, "the production of foie gras is prohibited everywhere except for where it is currently practiced".