Sentence examples for seriously curtailed from inspiring English sources

Most of us do not know anyone whose rights have been seriously curtailed.

An attack of smallpox seriously curtailed his work; the disease later affected his right leg, which was then amputated.

Although popular, that policy has seriously curtailed Tokyo's flexibility to engage the North in the nuclear and missile disputes.

The rights of workers will be seriously curtailed, and American business will act with fewer regulatory constraints.

The TVA nuclear power plant program was seriously curtailed in the 1980s because of quality control problems and safety deficiencies in several plants already completed or under construction.

The African National Congress was formed in 1912 to defend the rights of the African people, which had been seriously curtailed.

Now, the ruling party is considering setting up a parliamentary commission to regulate the print media — a proposal that is likely to seriously curtail critical reporting.

Cambodian civil society groups and international NGOs have condemned a proposed new law that they claim will seriously curtail their activities.

The Specie Circular, by seriously curtailing the use of paper money, was highly deflationary and at least in part produced the ensuing credit crunch and the economic crisis called the Panic of 1837.

But it is widely expected by economists to be the first in a series of increases that could lift rates by as much as two percentage points in the coming year, which could seriously curtail economic growth.

On Thursday evening, with only a handful of MPs present, parliament passed a ludicrously harsh media law that could seriously curtail the operations of the most vibrant press on the continent outside South Africa.