- prohibit
- 01. Our city council has enacted a new bylaw which [prohibits] smoking in all public buildings.02. Many gangsters became rich in North America by selling alcohol during [prohibition].03. Beach fires are [prohibited] during the summer months due to the fire hazard.04. Driving at night is [prohibited] for people with certain vision problems.05. The cost of houses in this city has become [prohibitive] in the last few years.06. Students at the Christian college are [prohibited] from smoking, drinking, and pre-marital sex.07. There is a [prohibition] against feeding birds at airports, due to the danger birds pose to planes.08. Claude Helvetius once said that to limit the press is to insult a nation, and to [prohibit] reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.09. The cost of hockey gear is quite [prohibitive], so many parents can't afford to let their kids play the sport.10. Believe it or not, there is an old Ohio state law which [prohibits] getting a fish drunk.11. Oxford University has regulations which [prohibit] readers bringing sheep into the library.12. Slave trading in the United States was [prohibited] in 1808, and by 1820 it became a crime punishable by death.13. Barbie dolls are considered anti-Islamic, and importing them to Iran is [prohibited].14. You could be fined, and [prohibited] from driving if you drive unsafely.15. At one time in Afghanistan, girls were [prohibited] from attending public school.16. John Calvin and other Protestant leaders of his time were distrustful of art in worship and [prohibited] the singing of all but biblical texts in church.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.