Sentence examples for were a curb from inspiring English sources

Britain also had a boom in house prices but its rigid planning laws were a curb on construction.

It is not in short supply and cannot therefore be a curb on growth.

Critics denounced the law as discriminatory and said it is a curb on rights to free speech and assembly.

It would, in essence, be a curb on freedom of movement – a freedom I have never fully experienced, because of my nationality.

The sneaky bill to watch out for is a curb on Lords powers, glancingly referenced as the "primacy of the Commons".

A melted trash can stands on what used to be a curb.

For the Lebanese across society he was a curb against that government's imperialism.

But it was a moment where it was like: it so could have been a "Curb" episode but it wasn't.

As my left foot touched what I thought was a curb I stepped over it just like you would regularly walk from a road to a sidewalk.

Dresden's pretty, prettier than I expected, but somewhere there is a curb on which I nearly died, on which I hit my head.

If it is a curb, wax it or you will do a stall and fall off.