Sentence examples for sweeping ban from inspiring English sources

Horse regulators approved the sweeping ban earlier this month.

A coalition of abortion rights advocates began collecting signatures to overturn a new sweeping ban on abortion.

After Paul Bremer was put in charge of the occupation, in the middle of May, 2003, his first decree was a sweeping ban on the Baath Party.

"Some politicians in Sacramento have proposed a sweeping ban of flame retardants that help prevent fires — and keep our homes and families safe".

City dwellers, on the other hand, have a little time to prepare for their most hotly debated new law, a sweeping ban on indoor smoking.

More than one-third of Iran's Parliament resigned Sunday to protest a sweeping ban on candidates running in the parliamentary election later this month.

Sweeping bans and collective punishments intimidate those who can challenge established interests.

With the downturn in the economy, cities across the country have been cracking down on an apparent rise in aggressive panhandling, while advocates for the homeless and civil liberties groups contend that sweeping bans on begging go too far.

"The way to integration beyond the burqa lies through education and emancipation, and sweeping bans inhibit that process," von Notz stated.

Powerful American policymakers' disputes about their counterterrorism strategy focus on the degree — from sweeping bans on Muslims to snooping on student groups — but the overall necessity of it isn't in question.

Although we should applaud the president's and vice president's intention to throw the kitchen sink at gun violence, there is a real danger in a lack of laser focus on sweeping bans of all assault weaponry.