Sentence examples for proscription from inspiring English sources

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proscription

noun

A prohibition.

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Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, suggested in October that Tube workers (who walked out on November 2nd in an unrelated dispute) should be included in the proscription, too.

Reducing the risks and profits that proscription brings to traders might eliminate the violence that often accompanies drug dealing.As well as the money saved from not having to enforce anti-drug laws—£500m ($780m) in Britain last year the drug trade would provide a source of revenue for the government.

Although there is no religious proscription against working on a Thursday, traditionalists balk at change.

One who has paid with imprisonment and proscription for his commitment to the cause of the movement founded by General Juan Peron over half a century ago.CARLOS MENEMBuenos AiresEssential oilSIR You make a compelling case for low oil prices (March 6th).

Witness Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's proscription of the Ahmadi religious minority as "non-believers" and initiation of the "Islamic bomb" project, Nawaz Sharif wanting to declare that he was the Amir ul Momineen, or defender of the faith, and Benazir Bhutto, who authorised the Pakistan intelligence service's backing of the Taliban in Afghanistan.Military leaders don't always get it wrong.

Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international Islamist outfit that wants to establish a caliphate in what it calls the Muslim world, is facing calls from the opposition Conservatives for its proscription.

England's age of consent went from 13 to 16 as a result.That distinction between protection and proscription, together with a growing acceptance of homosexuality, has seen most rich countries bring their rules for gay sex in line with those for heterosexuals.

In recent years, however, some nationalist rabbis have urged a reversal of the religious proscription and led Jewish worshippers onto the Mount.

I have to say that, for me, agreeing to the proscription of the Pakistani Taliban was a straightforward decision.

But Mohan Peiris, the attorney-general, said in an interview that new regulations are to be promulgated under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to provide for the continued proscription of the Tigers and a fresh regime for holding detainees.

Under Mr McGovern's amendment, Mr Will writes:Congress and state legislatures and local governments could regulate to the point of proscription political speech, or any other speech, by the Sierra Club, the National Rifle Association, NARAL Pro-Choice America or any of the other tens of thousands of nonprofit corporate advocacy groups, including political parties and campaign committees.

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