Sentence examples for suppressive measure from inspiring English sources

The Iranian theocracy decides how the Iranian people must dress, what they are allowed to read, watch or listen to by imposing suppressive measure with religion as the justifying pretext.

Sometimes a suppressive measure is necessary, especially in time-limited life-threatening situations.

Other states are continuing to move forward with suppressive measures.

Four earlier pamphlets by the author concerning divorce had met with official disfavour and suppressive measures.

The ever-subtler expressions of defiance have drawn extraordinary suppressive measures, as security forces engage in the harshest crackdown of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko's 17 years in power.

This was investors' loss caused by the government's suppressive measures, which may directly cause them to withdraw from resistance; (3) the cost of mobilizing higher authorities to intervene.

Given that the legitimacy of protest is often a challenging issue (Ying 2007), favourable policies and laws strengthen a claim's legitimacy and thus decrease the possibility that the local governments will take suppressive measures.

Suppressive measures, such as birth control or other controversial hormone therapy, can offer patients relief from their symptoms.

In reality, however, Nazis were actually relieved when the resistance turned to violence because it gave them an excuse to use more drastic and suppressive measures.

Reducing or cutting early voting days, placing unnecessary burdens on voter registration, and instituting proof of citizenship on top of unlawful voter purges, felony disenfranchisement, voter deception and intimidation are all suppressive measures that impact the American right to vote.

He also repeated the claim that Assad provided free education and health care to his population ― an exaggeration especially bizarre in the context of the regime now systematically bombing hospitals ― and gave "protection" to citizens of various faiths, neglecting to note suppressive measures pre-dating the conflict or Assad's incitement of religious divisions to rally supporters.