Sentence examples for were weeded out from inspiring English sources

Abusive florists were weeded out, while the locksmith industry was an offender on such a scale that at one point, Rollison says, Google banned the keyword "locksmith".

The F.D.I.C., for instance, says it approached dozens of potential buyers, but has not explained how they were weeded out, a disclosure that might reassure taxpayers.

And while many fraud cases were weeded out, many others slipped through because the fraud and abuse were so pervasive, according to Afghan election officials and several international election experts.

At the local level, there was a tendency in the 1950s and '60s to sweep away older mixed industrial districts in urban renewal programs, while scattered industrial premises were weeded out as "nonconforming uses" under zoning powers.

Back when the study was done, most university students had been to academically selective schools, whether private or state, and the sort of students the government now wants to encourage were weeded out at the age of 11.

Ironic uses of sexist language to make a point in comedies were weeded out, along with compliments about a person's appearance in situations where an on-screen relationship already exists, eg two Breakfast presenters on the sofa.

Bogus asylum seekers must be weeded out and returned.

The inefficient are weeded out and flung downward".

This corruption cannot be weeded out in a short time".

So far, 1,800 people have been weeded out after vetting.

If only a few could be weeded out, justice might be better served.