Sentence examples for was virtually prohibited from inspiring English sources

Wartime Jewish immigration to America was virtually prohibited, but in 1944 the Hochwalds were among 1,000 Jewish refugees granted safe haven by President Franklin D. Roosevelt — the only large group of Jews admitted during the war — as recounted in the book "Haven," by the photojournalist Ruth Gruber.

Cities have drawn urban growth boundaries, beyond which middle-income housing construction is virtually prohibited.

Diesel fuel consumption by passenger cars was virtually non-existent before 2010, because circulation of diesel passenger cars was prohibited in the two major metropolitan areas of Athens and Thessaloniki.

Escape was virtually impossible.

It was virtually dead.

It was virtually silent.

Rules against cellphone use and other prohibited activity are virtually unenforceable, the officials said, because it is so hard to see into the cab of a train.

Koh had said earlier the two products were "virtually indistinguishable", but in December she decided against prohibiting sales of the Galaxy 10.1.

Because Mexican law prohibits any kind of foreign investment in the country's oil industry, international oil companies are virtually barred from working in Mexico.

That is virtually gospel.

It's virtually impossible.