"ban" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In the 1990s the widespread ban on commercial ivory trading reduced the industry to a fraction of what it had been and elephant populations have stabilised.
- It was the first widespread ban of a Pokémon episode in four years.
- But he argues against any widespread ban or excessive regulation of Japanese investment.
- Owing to widespread bans since 1989, aimed at protecting animals, on dealing in ivory, nowadays comparable materials such as animal horns are used.
- Polychlorinated biphenyls have properties that once favored their use as a dielectric coolant, though concerns over their environmental persistence led to a widespread ban on their use.
- There is currently a widespread ban of references in child-related entertainment, and when references do occur, they almost invariably generate controversy.
- States in drought areas are hiring seasonal firefighters early and taking such unusual steps as using goats to eat away underbrush and imposing widespread bans on outdoor smoking.
- There are still widespread bans or restrictions on collecting or hunting mushrooms, berries, and game in many areas where high concentrations of caesium-137 are still found.
- Despite widespread bans as a performance enhancer, EPO has frequently been abused for that purpose by athletes who take it to raise their level of red blood cells.
- "The response has been tremendous," he said, citing a national decline in cigarette smoking and widespread bans on smoking in public places.
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