I.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a driving ban (=a legal order that forbids you to drive)
▪ After the accident he faced a three-year driving ban.
an export ban (also a ban on exports)
▪ During the crisis, France imposed an export ban on British beef.
▪ The ban on exports was lifted in June.
an illegal/banned/prohibited substance (=used mainly to refer to illegal drugs)
▪ Any player found guilty of using banned substances faces the prospect of a lengthy suspension.
an import ban
▪ The US imposed an import ban on several types of fish.
ban exports (=stop them completely)
▪ In retaliation, Britain banned exports of cloth to France.
ban imports (=make them illegal)
▪ The organization wants the government to ban imports of exotic birds.
Ban Ki-moon
be banned/disqualified from driving (=be forbidden to drive by law)
▪ Murray was banned from driving for six months after admitting to speeding.
call for a ban
▪ French farmers have called for a ban on imports.
doping scandal/ban/test etc
▪ doping offences
enforce a ban
▪ The ban on commercial whaling can only be enforced with the international cooperation.
test ban
▪ the test ban treaty
total ban
▪ a total ban on cigarette advertising
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
complete
▪ The deal has angered environmentalists, who want a complete ban on peat extraction.
▪ However, the point is that if there were a complete test ban, there would be no nuclear tests allowed.
▪ They've criticised the headmaster, and say he should impose a complete ban on cigarettes.Mike Rowbottom reports.
▪ Only one in seven has a complete ban, Mr Stubbs said.
▪ It is thought that a complete overtime ban will go ahead.
▪ If the state bar decides against a complete ban, Miss Roybal-Allard may introduce a new bill requiring it to have one.
▪ This impaired breeding activity and led to a complete ban on artificial feeding.
▪ Ash, he said, did not advocate complete bans on smoking.
comprehensive
▪ Or that a comprehensive test ban might not be possible - even desirable - at some point in the future.
▪ I am increasingly convinced that a comprehensive test ban would be a big step to take in curbing proliferation.
▪ But it has refused to sign up to the comprehensive test ban treaty.
▪ We must also pursue a comprehensive test ban treaty.
constitutional
▪ As President, Özal refused to consider an immediate suspension of the constitutional ban on political parties.
▪ Pete Wilson, has vowed to remove language in the party platform that calls for a constitutional ban on abortions.
▪ A less controversial proposal was a constitutional ban on the extradition of drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States.
▪ The convention could include a battle over whether to retain the platform plank calling for a constitutional ban on abortion.
▪ Anti-abortionists have launched a vigorous campaign to reinforce the constitutional ban on abortion.
▪ They must somehow persuade Republicans to de-emphasize a constitutional ban in order to win allies outside of the antiabortion camp.
▪ Robert Dornan and Patrick Buchanan -- to pledge to continue to include in the Republican platform a constitutional ban on abortions.
driving
▪ Besides the jail sentence Mr Hayton now faces and eight year driving ban increased from four years.
▪ He has been sentenced to two years in prison and given a five-year driving ban.
▪ He was given a three-year driving ban.
▪ Original sentence: Two years' probation and three-year driving ban.
▪ His driving ban will soon pass - her parents' grief never will.
▪ Original sentence: Three-year driving ban and a fine.
▪ Because of the driving ban, Roberts would lose his job.
federal
▪ A recently proposed federal ban on feeding animal protein to animals is encouraging, writes Rhodes, but has too many loopholes.
global
▪ We will in addition work for a global ban on chemical and biological weapons and stronger controls to prevent proliferation of ballistic missiles.
immediate
▪ Along with the points from the latter, that would mean an immediate ban.
▪ Norman Schwarzkopf, advocate an immediate international ban.
▪ Although an immediate ban on all anti-personnel mines was endorsed by 15 retired generals, including Gen.
international
▪ In the case of the News International ban it offered clear guidance on how the professional should react.
▪ Norman Schwarzkopf, advocate an immediate international ban.
▪ The News International ban was just the type of dispute that must have been envisaged when the Code was drawn up.
▪ President Clinton is on the verge of deciding how best to pursue an international ban on land mines.
▪ The Centre supports the continuation of limited ivory trading, in defiance of an international ban.
nuclear
▪ Would not an extension and strengthening of the nuclear test ban treaty be a means of helping the Soviet people?
▪ The choice will soon be between a total nuclear weapons ban, and a wildfire spread of nuclear technology.
outright
▪ Ministers insist that voluntary agreements with the tobacco industry are more effective than outright bans.
▪ The San Francisco-based trade organization reports that 21 states have an outright ban on out-of-state shipments of alcoholic beverages.
▪ A number argued that an outright ban should be introduced on the holding of client money by sole practitioners.
▪ The proposal came amid fears that the Ministry of Agriculture might introduce tougher restrictions or even an outright ban.
▪ Eminent scientists are clamouring for an outright ban on all chlorine substances.
total
▪ They then barred him from watching Prisoner Cell Block H, before extending it to a total television ban.
▪ But Congress overrode those draft guidelines before they were finalized and imposed a total ban two years ago.
▪ These will include maintaining the status quo, retaining hunting with new restrictions, a partial ban, and a total ban.
▪ Maybe at a later date a total ban will be introduced.
▪ There have been total bans in many other countries dating from more than five years ago.
▪ The Reading attitude survey found 15 percent of smokers - and 67 percent of non-smokers - favoured a total ban.
▪ A total ban might also be opposed as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
▪ A total ban on all advertising and promotion.
■ NOUN
advertising
▪ An advertising ban will save many children from being misled into thinking smoking is a smart, sophisticated practice.
▪ For what other reason does he oppose a blanket advertising ban on tobacco?
▪ Nevertheless, it has to be recognised that several interests may feel threatened by an advertising ban.
blanket
▪ The idea behind this imposition of blanket bans was to prevent the temptation to discriminate against particular marches.
▪ They already had been instructed to avoid Simpson coverage, but Fujisaki expanded his order to a blanket ban on all news.
▪ The ban is a blanket ban covering all marches or all marches of a particular class such as political marches.
▪ His support for a 15-month blanket ban on strikes suggests that he is still not wholly aware of this fact.
▪ One of the most urgent measures is a blanket ban on all animal and bone meal in animal feed.
▪ The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.
▪ Cine Blitz International publisher Rajesh Mehra attacked the blanket ban.
export
▪ From now on, these items will be included in the existing export ban of leg irons, shackles and gang chains.
▪ On the other hand, only works of art made more than one hundred years ago will carry an export ban.
▪ He warned that material shortages resulting from such export bans were bringing many enterprises to a standstill.
▪ Buyers used to come from all over the world until the export ban.
import
▪ The number of individual countries with hazardous waste import bans is now over one hundred.
lifetime
▪ Read in studio Weightlifter Andrew Saxton is tonight hopeful that he won't now face a lifetime ban from his sport.
▪ He said the arguments for Proposition 140 do not say that a lifetime ban is not imposed.
▪ If you refuse, you will be treated as though you had failed the test, and you will face a lifetime ban.
▪ A federal court has upheld legislative term limits in Maine that do not have a lifetime ban.
▪ This can reduce weight but it also constitutes drug-taking, for which you may face a lifetime ban.
▪ The ruling yesterday is expected to have an impact on six other states that have legislative term limits with lifetime bans.
▪ Whether Proposition 140 imposes a lifetime ban was a major issue discussed by the state Supreme Court in 1991.
▪ Some backers of the initiative feared that a lifetime ban would make the measure easier to overturn later.
test
▪ The campaign's agenda of Trident, conversion, test bans and warhead convoys is plenty wide enough.
▪ A test ban that could not inspire confidence would undermine stability and might even provoke a new arms race.
▪ Or that a comprehensive test ban might not be possible - even desirable - at some point in the future.
▪ A test ban is the least of the proliferators' worries.
▪ However, the point is that if there were a complete test ban, there would be no nuclear tests allowed.
▪ Nuclear disarmers are right in saying that a test ban would stop weapons builders trying out new and fancier designs.
▪ I am increasingly convinced that a comprehensive test ban would be a big step to take in curbing proliferation.
▪ But it has refused to sign up to the comprehensive test ban treaty.
treaty
▪ But it has refused to sign up to the comprehensive test ban treaty.
▪ Would not an extension and strengthening of the nuclear test ban treaty be a means of helping the Soviet people?
▪ We must also pursue a comprehensive test ban treaty.
■ VERB
call
▪ Residents first called for a ban four years ago, claiming that heavy vehicles were ruining their quality of life.
▪ Pete Wilson, has vowed to remove language in the party platform that calls for a constitutional ban on abortions.
▪ The convention could include a battle over whether to retain the platform plank calling for a constitutional ban on abortion.
▪ Now, only the House bill calls for the ban, authored by Rep.
defy
▪ He thought she was probably here without his permission, perhaps defying a specific ban.
end
▪ There were frequent clashes over the reporting of Northern Ireland, ending with a ban on interviews with members of SinnFein.
▪ And last March, the Ministry of Trade ended a yearlong ban on importing used vehicles.
enforce
▪ The militants enforced the ban on cheating in school exams, and even that old tradition disappeared.
▪ Wednesday afternoon, riot police were out on the streets of Belgrade to enforce a ban on marches by anti-Milosevic demonstrators.
▪ And there's some doubt as to whether the council can make its tenant farmers enforce the ban.
extend
▪ This coincided with a change that extended the ban on share buy-ins to companies domiciled elsewhere.
▪ But councillors stopped short of extending the ban to land which is leased by tenant farmers.
▪ If Hateley is found guilty of violent conduct, the disciplinary committee are empowered to extend the player's ban.
face
▪ They will face longer bans, higher fines and the possibility of their vehicles being confiscated.
▪ Next month's prestigious Cheltenham Festival is among meetings facing a possible ban.
▪ Azharuddin and four other players who were suspended now face possible life bans.
▪ Middlesbrough skipper Alan Kernaghan, who faces a two-match ban, received another booking when he fouled Halsall.
▪ Read in studio Weightlifter Andrew Saxton is tonight hopeful that he won't now face a lifetime ban from his sport.
▪ Cross Keys face a two-week playing ban after having their fifth player sent off this season.
▪ He faces a four-year ban after failing a drugs test at the Barcelona Olympics.
▪ If you refuse, you will be treated as though you had failed the test, and you will face a lifetime ban.
impose
▪ They've criticised the headmaster, and say he should impose a complete ban on cigarettes.Mike Rowbottom reports.
▪ But Congress overrode those draft guidelines before they were finalized and imposed a total ban two years ago.
▪ The governor of Leyte island blamed the government for failing to impose a total logging ban.
▪ Whether Proposition 140 imposes a lifetime ban was a major issue discussed by the state Supreme Court in 1991.
▪ Lawyers for Attorney General Dan Lungren argued that the initiative did not impose a lifetime ban.
▪ Environmental groups deplored the failure of the convention to impose an absolute ban on the dumping of radioactive waste.
▪ In his decision, Reinhardt said voters had not been properly informed that the law imposed a lifetime ban on candidates.
include
▪ An attempt to include such a ban sank the last effort at constitutional reform, made by Congress in 1989.
▪ The new bill includes a second ban on the trading of sea turtles and rare coral.
introduce
▪ The only clear case where this strategy succeeded was when Thatcher introduced the SinnFéin broadcasting ban.
▪ We will encourage local authorities to introduce peak-hour bans on cars, traffic calming measures, car-sharing schemes and further pedestrianisation.
▪ Oil slick prompts no-fishing zone Fishermen have introduced a voluntary ban on fishing in the area surrounding the Shetland oil slick.
▪ Another county council could introduce a similar ban before the hunting season begins.
lift
▪ The bill would lift a ban on U.S. pharmacists re-importing drugs.
▪ The new laws also lift a ban on multiple trade unions operating in a single workplace, something workers have sought.
▪ At a stroke he was lifting the ban on radios and newspapers.
▪ After becoming president, Clinton was praised for pledging to enact a measure to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military.
▪ Other parties King Birendra lifted the ban on political parties in April 1990.
▪ But lifting the ban could take weeks.
▪ Agricultural emergency committee still haven't lifted the ban.
oppose
▪ For what other reason does he oppose a blanket advertising ban on tobacco?
▪ Whitman enraged conservatives by opposing a ban on late-term abortions sent to her by the state legislature.
▪ On Jan. 5 eight journalists were suspended, apparently for opposing the ban.
▪ Traditionally, Democrats opposed any limits or bans on PACs and Republicans opposed any limit on overall spending.
overturn
▪ It has also launched a bid to overturn a ban on the use of vast factory whaling ships.
▪ President Clinton has said he will veto any attempt to overturn the ban.
▪ He is likely to overturn the Bush ban on abortion counselling and the military's outlawing of gays.
▪ Mr Justice Gage overturned a previous ban on any picture or artist's impression being published of George.
▪ The Fayre, at Hillersland near Coleford, took place after a last minute legal battle to overturn a music licence ban.
propose
▪ It proposes a two-year ban on exports of toxic waste while the new technologies are being tested.
▪ A recently proposed federal ban on feeding animal protein to animals is encouraging, writes Rhodes, but has too many loopholes.
▪ In proposing a ban on strikes, the Soviet leadership therefore wished to nip the incipient labour movement in the bud.
▪ A proposed statewide ban on the guns was vetoed by Gov.
▪ The council took no action on the proposed ban.
repeal
▪ A resolution to repeal the ban, sponsored by Rep.
▪ I will veto any attempt to repeal the assault weapons ban or the Brady bill.
▪ He still stands for repealing the assault weapons ban.
seek
▪ He was sufficiently influenced by the Lewisham events to seek a ban on similar marches in the months that followed.
support
▪ On a somewhat more controversial issue, Mr Milburn and Mr Bergg said they would support a ban on fox hunting.
▪ Polls show a distinct majority of New Yorkers share Pataki's view and support the ban on hand-held phones.
▪ He supports a ban on gay marriages.
▪ The large crowd at the meeting was nearly evenly divided between those supporting the ban and those against.
▪ Another 27 percent said they support a ban with a mention of tolerance.
▪ An Examiner poll showed that California voters, by a nearly 2-1 ratio, support the ban.
vote
▪ It is expected they will vote for a ban.
▪ One who voted against the ban, Rep.
▪ Gloucestershire joins neighbouring Hereford and Worcester, and Wiltshire councils which have also voted in similar bans.
▪ However, the override is given little chance of passing the Senate where 54 senators voted for the ban last year.
▪ Gloucestershire County Council will vote on the ban tomorrow - the anti-hunt groups say they're confident of victory.
▪ How many Labour supporters would vote for a ban on fishing?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blanket statement/rule/ban etc
▪ Cine Blitz International publisher Rajesh Mehra attacked the blanket ban.
▪ His support for a 15-month blanket ban on strikes suggests that he is still not wholly aware of this fact.
▪ One of the most urgent measures is a blanket ban on all animal and bone meal in animal feed.
▪ The ban is a blanket ban covering all marches or all marches of a particular class such as political marches.
▪ The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.
▪ The idea behind this imposition of blanket bans was to prevent the temptation to discriminate against particular marches.
▪ The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers.
▪ They already had been instructed to avoid Simpson coverage, but Fujisaki expanded his order to a blanket ban on all news.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A ban has been imposed on the hunting and killing of whales.
▪ The city has imposed a ban on smoking in all restaurants.
▪ The government is considering a total ban on the sale of handguns.
▪ The new prime minister agreed to lift the ban on opposition newspapers.
▪ There has been worldwide protest against the ban on girls' education.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Eminent scientists are clamouring for an outright ban on all chlorine substances.
▪ He has championed the popular ban on assault-style weapons, defending it with gusto as Republicans try to repeal it.
▪ I will veto any attempt to repeal the assault weapons ban or the Brady bill.
▪ It also believes strongly that there should be a ban on the import of hazardous waste into the United Kingdom.
▪ Last year he was convicted of breaking that ban ... and was given a jail sentence.
▪ Moscow is considering a ban on alcohol and tobacco advertising in most public places and on transport.
▪ The ban went into effect at midnight, Aug. 25, 1988, Higgins said.
▪ The ban will take effect in November.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
abortion
▪ He supports parental notification and opposes government funding, but does not advocate a constitutional amendment banning abortion.
▪ The Senate gave President Clinton a victory Thursday when lawmakers sustained his veto of a bill banning certain late-term abortions.
▪ The bill would have banned an abortion procedure known to health professionals as intact dilation and extraction.
▪ Last month the senator complicated their task by reiterating his support for some exceptions to a constitutional amendment banning abortion.
▪ Clinton on April 10 vetoed a bill that would have banned so-called partial birth abortions.
▪ Clinton would support language banning the abortion technique as an elective procedure, another White House aide said.
action
▪ The bill would also ban political action committee contributions to federal candidates.
activity
▪ Law Local laws may ban particular activities.
▪ However, Gordon had in the meantime banned all patient activities with outsiders.
▪ In 1979 he was expelled from the National Assembly and was subsequently banned from political activity.
▪ In September the government introduced legislation in parliament banning all such activity.
▪ Palau's constitution bans nuclear activity unless agreed by at least 75 percent of voters.
advertising
▪ Britain bans cigarette advertising on television, but, with tough restrictions, allows other tobacco advertising.
▪ New Zealand banned all advertising of tobacco in 1990.
▪ The debate is not about banning the advertising of tobacco.
▪ Okay, so we don't ban beer advertising, just lager advertising.
▪ The organisers should accept their responsibility and ban tobacco advertising.
bill
▪ The same Bill will ban the remaining forms of secondary action, and outlaw closed shop agreements altogether.
▪ Mike Leavitt has signed into law a bill banning public schools from granting recognition or access to gay or lesbian student groups.
▪ The Senate gave President Clinton a victory Thursday when lawmakers sustained his veto of a bill banning certain late-term abortions.
▪ Y., has introduced a bill to ban federal funds from being spent on programs that teach ebonics as a language.
▪ The bill would have banned an abortion procedure known to health professionals as intact dilation and extraction.
▪ The bill would also ban political action committee contributions to federal candidates.
▪ But with his veto this week of a bill that would have banned lobbyist gifts, the perplexed-bear analogy no longer works.
▪ This year, the state Legislature spent months debating a bill that would have banned the teaching of evolution as fact.
book
▪ Just in the past year, the party has banned dozens of books and closed numerous publishing houses.
▪ And thousands of his disciples, the seminarians who read his banned books, do so clandestinely.
▪ The publicity generated by the government's efforts to ban the book ensured that it became an instant bestseller.
▪ Consequently, he ruled, the Education Ministry had been perfectly within its rights to ban the book.
country
▪ Cronenberg maintains that a literal visualisation would have cost US$400 million and been banned in every country in the world.
▪ Its use has been banned in six countries and restricted in 19.
▪ The book is banned in several countries and has not been publicised.
court
▪ In court he was banned from keeping animals for 2 years.
▪ But his bid backfired when Anne got a court order banning Bill, 70, from living within 20 miles of her.
▪ The company has already obtained an interim interdict at the Court of Session banning the inciting or organising of mass picketing.
▪ But a court order bans him from any contact with the baby.
driving
▪ Judge Angus Stroyan sentenced him to 12 months in jail and banned him from driving for two years.
▪ He was banned from driving for 6 months and ordered to do 200 hours of community service.
▪ He was banned from driving for a year.
▪ Both were also banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay £25 costs.
▪ His father, Earl Bathurst, was banned from driving after a drink-drive conviction 4 years ago.
drug
▪ This drug is banned under the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act.
▪ The drug was banned more than 20 years later when the adults who were exposed in utero developed vaginal and testicular cancers.
▪ Although the pure drug was banned it was not certain whether a naturally-occurring substance containing the drug was illegal.
▪ Texas banned the sale of ephedrine to minors after ten teenagers were taken to emergency rooms after overdosing on the drug.
▪ The drug has been banned in Great Britain since 1992.
export
▪ More than 90 countries drafted a treaty in September that would ban export and use of anti-personnel mines.
government
▪ Could the government ban union membership amongst civil servants working at its intelligence headquarters without consulting union leaders?
▪ On Nov. 18 in a crackdown on corruption the government banned the heads of state structures from commercial activities.
▪ In a separate directive, the government banned the broadcasting of rebel propaganda, comments, and interviews.
▪ Should governments be free to ban imports of things they fear will become extinct?
▪ After those killings, the federal government banned the import of semi-automatic weapons.
import
▪ Should governments be free to ban imports of things they fear will become extinct?
▪ About 20 of the weapons, banned for private import by federal law in 1989, were resold for substantial profit.
▪ After those killings, the federal government banned the import of semi-automatic weapons.
law
▪ Sean Pierce of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was charged with violating a law banning the public display of obscene material.
▪ By contrast, it said, the Florida law simply banned all cross-burning.
▪ Certain religions may prohibit particular types of food, alcoholic drink or restrict dress. Law Local laws may ban particular activities.
▪ We are now circulating petitions calling for a federal law to ban handguns.
▪ In 2000 they are breaking a law that bans proselytising by foreigners.
▪ Background: A New Jersey law banned the importation of waste materials from outside the state.
▪ More and more states were adopting laws which banned the sale of alcohol.
legislation
▪ The same applied to traditional football except that in this case legislation merely banned the game from the public highway.
▪ Federal legislation banning narcotics had already been enacted three years earlier and the prohibition of alcohol was only two years away.
▪ The legislation also bans the practice of paying incentives to doctors to prescribe expensive brand name medicines.
▪ They said Congress' recent legislation banning federal funds for doctor-assisted suicide will make passage of any new state law more difficult.
▪ The President signed legislation banning discrimination against the disabled on June 26.
▪ Congress is considering legislation that would ban such donations.
▪ In September the government introduced legislation in parliament banning all such activity.
▪ The government finally agreed to fresh negotiations and promised not to proceed with legislation on banning strikes for two years.
order
▪ The government, nervous about the nobility's reaction to the agreement, issued an order banning tournaments.
▪ The bill would abolish the distinction between domestic and international banning orders.
▪ But his bid backfired when Anne got a court order banning Bill, 70, from living within 20 miles of her.
▪ At the start of the trial Fujisaki issued an order banning anyone from contacting jurors.
▪ Currency crisis A government order banning the sale of luxury items was extended on Nov. 18.
▪ But a court order bans him from any contact with the baby.
▪ Marchers gathered in defiance of a government order that banned May Day celebrations and protests.
party
▪ It stipulated that neutrality should be guaranteed by banning them from accepting party political positions or speaking publicly on behalf of political parties.
▪ Many observers argue that banning political parties is counter-productive because it forces moderates into more extreme positions.
▪ But they are banned from party membership and can not vote for the party at election time.
▪ Husayn suspended the constitution, declared martial law, banned all political parties and arrested hundreds of politicians.
▪ Separate legislation passed on the same day banned political party cells in state and government bodies.
practice
▪ The legislation also bans the practice of paying incentives to doctors to prescribe expensive brand name medicines.
▪ It also banned the practice of transporting pepper-sprayed suspects in a prone position, saying the practice could contribute to suffocation.
procedure
▪ Forbes said he disapproves of abortion, but he has refused to endorsed a constitutional amendment banning the procedure.
▪ The bill would have banned an abortion procedure known to health professionals as intact dilation and extraction.
product
▪ But Mars say it's unfair that Walls have banned other products from their freezers.
▪ Thirty-four California cities have banned its product.
▪ It even banned products with parts and components made by boycotted firms.
▪ Background: Hammer v. Dagenhart concerned an act of Congress that banned the products of child labor from interstate commerce.
proposal
▪ There is no proposal to ban cigarettes - only their advertising and promotion.
sale
▪ Traders must display a notice banning sales to under 16 year olds.
▪ Can schools ban the sale of underground publications on campus?
▪ However, it's already outlawed using the plates on public roads and now it's to ban their sale.
▪ Texas banned the sale of ephedrine to minors after ten teenagers were taken to emergency rooms after overdosing on the drug.
▪ Where a device or software has lawful uses, it would obviously be unsatisfactory to ban its sale.
▪ In addition: Vermont banned the sale of new cars that use ozone-depleting chemicals in their air-conditioning units.
▪ But it recently forced the government to promise new laws banning sales of alcohol.
▪ More and more states were adopting laws which banned the sale of alcohol.
state
▪ The state banned all fishing in a 105-square-mile area in the Block Island Sound on Sunday.
trade
▪ Appendix 1 species are banned from all international trade, except where special licensing arrangements apply.
▪ The agreements expired in 1992 and were not renewed, because they afforded the kind of protection banned under international trade agreements.
▪ The Reptile Protection Trust wants to ban the trade in pet turtles.
▪ Parliament in its wisdom or folly has banned all such trade, true enough.
treaty
▪ Next week he will appeal to the Senate to ratify a global treaty to ban chemical weapons.
use
▪ We have banned the use of veal crates, and taken action to ensure humane slaughter.
▪ More than 90 countries drafted a treaty in September that would ban export and use of anti-personnel mines.
▪ It introduced a code of conduct for political parties, banning the use of language likely to incite violence or hatred.
▪ International action is now needed to ban the use of gill-nets by amateur fishermen.
▪ The latest outcome is there is move to ban the use of electronics on the lake.
▪ It said it would also seek to ban the fungicides' use on tomatoes, potatoes and bananas.
▪ But the industry is rejecting growing calls for legislation to ban the use of gene test results in assessing cover.
▪ And it was only last November that the government banned its use for all farm animals.
weapon
▪ Dole said the assault weapons ban did not work, because many of the weapons were altered to make them legal.
▪ About 20 of the weapons, banned for private import by federal law in 1989, were resold for substantial profit.
■ VERB
decide
▪ But most insurance companies have decided not to cover banned breeds.
try
▪ Those Communist regimes which tried to ban religion were known for their cruelty.
▪ California tried to ban the broadcast but failed.
▪ These days it's Left-wing councillors and trendy heads who try to ban Xmas.
▪ In effect they tried to ban laughter.
vote
▪ Time allowed 00:19 Read in studio Another county council has voted to ban fox hunting on publicly-owned land.
▪ Time allowed 06:31 Read in studio A council has voted to ban foxhunting on all its parks and open spaces.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was banned when it was first published.
▪ a new international treaty banning all nuclear tests
▪ Comics were banned in my house because my parents thought they weren't a good influence.
▪ Elephant ivory is banned in the U.S.
▪ Films like that should be banned!
▪ Many doctors now say that boxing should be banned.
▪ Relatives of the prisoners were banned from visiting them.
▪ She was banned from driving for 6 months.
▪ The government has banned public officials from accepting gifts from foreigners.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And with one of the country's top competition climbers banned by his own governing body, the situation could deteriorate.
▪ Congress's effort to ban indecent materials on the Internet comes to the court March 19.
▪ Many of the buildings in the old town were six storeys high and the lanes so narrow that all but pedestrians were banned.
▪ The Senate gave President Clinton a victory Thursday when lawmakers sustained his veto of a bill banning certain late-term abortions.
▪ They had banned all transit flights across the port.
▪ Well, I would ban them too if I had my way.