8 sentences with 'prohibiting'
Example sentences and phrases with the word prohibiting and other words derived from it.
• « Laws prohibiting wage differentials based solely on sex were not established in the late 19th century at the earliest, and were rarely enforced even then). »
• « Incidentally, it was in this context that US President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, prohibiting European powers from interfering in the politics of the Americas. »
• « Wherever such second-wave feminism emerged as a movement, its goals were the creation of laws expressly prohibiting sex discrimination in the workplace and in schools and a broader cultural shift that saw women treated as true social equals to men. »
• « Legally, many countries adopted laws prohibiting discrimination based on gender per se, as well as on age and appearance. »
• « The new European far right called for extremely limited quotas for immigration, laws prohibiting the expression of non-Christian religious traditions (especially those associated with Islam) and a broader cultural shift away from the tolerance and cosmopolitanism of the dominant post-war European culture. »
• « By living among the Cherokee, Worcester had violated a Georgia law prohibiting whites, unless they were agents of the federal government, from living in Indian Territory. Worcester was arrested, but since his federal job as postmaster entitled him to live there, he was released. »
• « Jackson's supporters then succeeded in taking Worcester's job, and he was arrested again. This time, a court convicted him and nine others of violating Georgia state law prohibiting whites from living on Indian lands. »
• « In 1882, Congress assumed the power to restrict immigration, prohibiting further Chinese immigration. »