Sentence examples for punitive restrictions from inspiring English sources

Allegedly intended to deal with littering, dog fouling and graffiti, they actually allow many more punitive restrictions to be imposed.

One of the most punitive restrictions left in place is a ban of virtually all Burmese imports to the United States.

Meanwhile, the abortion rate has declined sharply, in part because of better access to contraceptive services and in part because of punitive restrictions.

Women would be subjected to punitive restrictions and Hazaras would be purged from the military and government if the Taliban returned, he said.

It has sold a raft of state-run factories and assets to cronies in the private sector and appears to be lifting some of the punitive restrictions on the ownership of cars and motorcycles.

The lockouts, crackdowns on pill testing and punitive restrictions on cyclists have exemplified the heavy-handed paternalism of authorities eager to hand out criminal convictions for laughably minor offences.

"We did not feel that we as an organization could ask our volunteers to undergo that kind of vague, restrictive and punitive restriction which the legislature has tried to impose".

Attempting to catch up to reality, Elsevier announced last week that it was doing away with its punitive restriction that applied only to authors whose institutions had the temerity to support open access.

Lawmakers have worked for months on the Cfius legislation, seeing it, rather than punitive new restrictions, as the best path to curtail risky investments from China.

For months, officials in Washington and European capitals said the government's comportment during the elections would be a major factor in determining whether to lift punitive economic restrictions.

With a stagnant economy, punitive travel restrictions and a high unemployment rate, a generation of frustrated young Palestinians with little hope for their future is in danger of radicalisation.