Sentence examples for was once restricted from inspiring English sources
The phrase was once restricted to Taiwan, the island nation that China has threatened to forcibly unify with the mainland.
The membership was once restricted to Shriners, but now includes the likes of the Chicago Bulls basketball icon Michael Jordan.
The classic little-girl fur coat was once restricted to white rabbit -- sweet, bland and a disaster with a cup of cocoa.
Facebook.com, the online community that was once restricted to mostly high school and college students, changed its sign-up policies last month, allowing anyone to join.
It doesn't shock me that most of my students are baffled when I tell them not all whites were "white" when they immigrated to the United States, that the term was once restricted to Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
The industry is under pressure to give up its present market because of zoning changes that have allowed residential development in the neighborhood, which was once restricted to industrial uses.
His aggressive declarations and grandiose pronouncements were once restricted to his chosen playing field.
And where they were once restricted in the amount of money they provide, they can now bring meaningful economic assistance to often impoverished relatives.
Heavy pressure on the flower market has come from rezoning on Seventh Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas over the past five years; the changes permit residential development in places that were once restricted to industrial uses.
Behind them, on the far side of the road, stands a line of low-rent apartment buildings that were once restricted by law to minority whites but which are now largely inhabited by working-class black South Africans.
According to Friday's report, possible changes to the rules on gambling adverts will be added to a review of fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs), the controversial gaming machines that have turned what were once betting shops into outlets for roulette and other fixed-margin games which were once restricted to casinos.
