Sentences with 'prohibition'
Example sentences and phrases with the word prohibition and other words derived from it.
• « Despite the religious prohibition, it is clear that slavery was still present in the Persian Empire to some extent. »
• « The provinces determine, by law, the times and species of animals that may be hunted. The prohibition of hunting is called a ban. »
• « The Northern delegates felt that this prohibition balanced political power between slaveholding and non-slaveholding states. »
• « The measure passed the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate. When Polk tried again to raise revenue the following year (to pay for the lands taken from Mexico), the Wilmot Proviso was reintroduced, this time calling for the prohibition of slavery not only in the Mexican Cession but in all U.S. territories. The revenue bill passed, but without the clause. »