How To Use Curtail In A Sentence

Many constitutions require that basic rights can be curtailed only if less onerous measures are not available.
They argue that the main culprits have been local authorities and that their spending must be further curtailed.
Bob Hoffman, the endangered species branch chief for NOAA's Southeast regional office, told the Huffington Post on Wednesday that the burns had been temporarily curtailed because of high seas, and that when they resume, NOAA will now make sure each "burn team" -- made up of two shrimp boats hauling booms and an "igniter" boat -- includes a trained observer who will be able to rescue turtles before they are incinerated. Gulf Oil Spill: The Plight of the Sea Turtles
His playing career was curtailed after he injured his neck when a scrum collapsed in 1980 but that did not end his involvement with rugby. Times, Sunday Times
September 11 th has brought mostly unpleasant changes, including curtailment of civil liberties and threatened perpetual war.

There are plenty of practical ideas, all curtailments of our liberty, which might indeed now need to be introduced - such as greater powers for the police to arrest suspects for questioning, deportations and possibly internment.
It curbs and curtails the natural development of players and stunts the learning process of the finer arts of the game.
Meanwhile, the Health Service Executive denied last night recent reports that patients in Kerry will suffer following the curtailment of an angiography service.
The freedom to limit liability was curtailed by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
Drug Administration has pledged to issue regulations curtailing certain types of cigarette advertising and distribution.
Manufacturing industry and exports are being hit hard, as consumers defer big-ticket purchases and demand in the rest of the world is curtailed. Times, Sunday Times
Legislation to curtail the development of these technologies and their use and abuse by intelligence gatherers would only succeed in pushing the activity further out of view.
If you love someone, then your freedom is curtailed. If you love someone, you give up much of your privacy. If you love someone, then you are no longer merely one person but half of a couple. To think or behave any other way is to risk losing that love. Laurell K. Hamilton
And technology itself could be designed to encourage critical deliberation rather than curtail it. The Times Literary Supplement
Since 1979, public sector housing has been severely curtailed.
All these measures penalised traditional mountain agriculture, and especially the shepherds whose right to pasturage was curtailed.
They may also be curtailed, with the explanation left implicit.
It is understood that the Government has done nothing to discourage City expectations that it will curtail its gilt-edged buying programme.
The real show of class warfare is the threatened curtailment of charitable status for private schools and the shrill demand that universities take more state-school pupils.
Do we want to hand these angry people any extra powers to curtail Press probes into political corruption? The Sun
All the same, she has no thoughts about curtailing her acting career to be a fulltime mother. Times, Sunday Times
As soon as a contract becomes legally binding, performance ceases to be optional, thereby curtailing individual autonomy.
In enlarging our knowledge of natural forces, the progress of science has curtailed their sphere and defined their limits, as in the law of abiogenesis.
Its leaders had not engaged in proper church hygiene, regularly examining all projects to decide which could be resourced fully and which should be curtailed or discontinued. Christianity Today
Adding to the incompetence is ministerial reshuffling - a move that seeks to resolve non-performance and curtail corruption.
I am joylessly a at unsoiled curtailment, but i vestris to halevy rise two petting ago, if wonderfully for cytoarchitectonic hyperborean fluidram. Rational Review
The tax figures suggest that companies whose fortunes are tied to the slowing world economy are cutting jobs and curtailing staff bonus payments.
By all means take some action to curtail offensive activity. Times, Sunday Times
We need a government who can control the law and order and curtail violation of human rights.
The production of crockery, cutlery and toys was severely curtailed as inessentials.
The importation of foreign films was strongly curtailed.
The plans, which include curtailing boozy social events and offering better support for students with drink problems, contrast with the heavy drinking culture prevalent among students in Scotland's medical schools.
The law curtails the extent of the copyright monopoly.
Mr. Cohen's recent jaunt to Beijing was intended to convince the Chinese government that it must decisively curtail its ties to Tehran, or face real economic costs.
Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
That said, we're quite peachy with the notion that curtailing one's self-interest in the name of impartiality is a virtue. Outer Alliance Pride Day
Another favorite one of her many house mottoes is this cleverly arranged Latin one, curtailing one word into four meanings: Leaves from Juliana Horatia Ewing's "Canada Home"
Later, lying in the hospital with his jaw wired shut, Uncle Tap complained to Dennis that his nocturnal activities had been curtailed.
Freedom of the press is a vital bulwark of our liberties and it is of the utmost importance that politicians do not curtail it. Times, Sunday Times
The last government severely curtailed trade union rights.
While always treating James with deference, Cecil urged him to curtail his extravagance and also to restrain his partiality for Scots advisers and companions.
To more effectively curtail the real's rise, Brazil's government must exhibit much more fiscal discipline, economists say. Brazil Scrambles for Long-Term Fix for Real's Strength
This would have conflicted with Haile Selassie's intention of curtailing the power of the feudal Rases and centralizing the administration.
The administration is counting on the media to exercise self-censorship and curtail reports of US atrocities that are seen as inevitable.
Freedom of expression is therefore, one of the very first freedoms to be curtailed when a democracy is being undermined, either as a prelude to a coup d'état or as an early step in the process of gradual tyrannization.
What hit me dramatically, though, was how my injury has curtailed my interaction with very small people. Times, Sunday Times
He said it had been proven many times that curtailing nightclub opening times did not reduce public order offences.
In an effort to curtail vehicles running red lights, "tattletale" lights have been installed at two intersections in the Burbank area. Local News from union-bulletin.com
I do all the time, but of course I don't limit or otherwise curtail this self-indulgence.
Although the custom has since curtailed, in Chaucer's time it was common for pardoners - dealers in pardons - to travel the countryside peddling their ‘wares’.
Our current impression is that haematin does curtail the clinical attack, and we frequently employ it.
By still further curtailing the interval between the terms transposed, we may now obtain more and more specialised types of comic transpositions. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
I can't see what's wrong with an ‘automatic expiry date’ - laws are tough to remove from the statute books, laws which curtail freedoms should be watched.
Drug Administration has pledged to issue regulations curtailing certain types of cigarette advertising and distribution.
So many factors can curtail a career. Times, Sunday Times
Nevertheless, always willing to reinforce failure with, er … more failure, ICES are now calling for a complete ban on cod exploitation AND – in the height of moronic fatuity – are telling EU member state governments that other species, such as haddock and plaice, will have to be severely curtailed if cod is to be protected. Pity the poor readers
Corporations should respond, argued Luntz, not by curtailing bonuses but by banning the word "bonus. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
If we give up some short-term illusory growth as a side effect of curtailing their activities, this is a small price to pay. NYT > Home Page
The national fight to curtail factory hog operations and support sustainable approaches to pork production will be spotlighted at a national Hog Summit in mid-2003.
Their public health programme had to be severely curtailed.
His playing career was curtailed after he injured his neck when a scrum collapsed in 1980 but that did not end his involvement with rugby. Times, Sunday Times
Capitalism also sharply curtails the liberty of many more people who feel that their choices are limited by fear that their resources will be catastrophically limited unless they make significant sacrifices to their employers.
The councils tell us that this tendering is being done in the interests of economy whilst concurrently our taxes outstrip inflation and while services are being curtailed and while wages are being driven down. Flat Tax
And when the rare civilities of open political life are curtailed or destroyed, as they so often are, the elementary forms of infrapolitics remain as a defense in depth of the powerless.
Unfortunately, Johnson's thunder was silenced -- his reign curtailed -- by the guns and bombs of Vietnam and a challenge from Robert Kennedy, another name redolent of tragedy. Kennedys' dark tragedies never eclipsed their lofty lunar glow
After M'ba's accession to power, the press was suppressed, political demonstrations banned, freedom of expression curtailed, other political WN.com - Articles related to West Africa volunteers scheme launched
Rivals J Sainsbury PLC and Tesco PLC report seasonal sales Wednesday and Thursday respectively, and their larger exposure to nonfood sales is expected to curtail any inflationary food boost, while price promotions could eat into profits, as Tesco has already warned. Price Cuts Weigh on U.K. Retailers
Because aedes aegypti is a weak flier, strong winds can push the mosquitoes far from their preferred habitat. 73 The arrival of the nortes coincided with the end of the rainy season, curtailing the breeding of any remaining mosquitoes until a new cycle could begin the following spring. Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
[FOOTNOTE 87: spavined crowbait -- a lame, emaciated horse (from spavin, an inflammation of the tarsal or ankle joint of a horse, causing lameness, and an appearance that causes carrion birds to think a meal is in the offing)] "A very sad --" began Judge Menefee, but his remark was curtailed by a higher authority. Heart of the West [Annotated]
Business activity is being curtailed by the risk of Brexit. Times, Sunday Times
curtail drinking in school
The party has also played the civil libertarian card, calling for the surveillance society to be curtailed. Times, Sunday Times
But they will not curtail either illegal immigration or illicit working as much as supporters claim.
The treaty is aimed at curtailing the use of 12 chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects.
The amount of time they can spend in such places of worship will also be curtailed. Times, Sunday Times
Her visit was abruptly curtailed when news was received about the death of her father, King George VI.
Associated Press In 2006, Congress passed strict laws curtailing non-postal activities and essentially told the agency to stick with philatelic pursuits. Post Office Wants More Than Mail
Specialised services on drugs and undercover activity were severely curtailed.
Knee injuries curtailed his career. Times, Sunday Times
By all means take some action to curtail offensive activity. Times, Sunday Times
Well, apart from the torture victims, the murdered and other unfortunates who have had their civil liberties eroded, human rights curtailed and so on.
But clearly, it is operating in more than a few minds that this unbridled jollification has little value and something should be done to at least curtail its boast of reckless abandon.
Their refusal to curtail spending plans and to increase the burden on poll tax payers is expected.
We must try to curtail our spending.
In 2006, Congress passed strict laws curtailing non-postal activities and essentially told the agency to stick with philatelic pursuits. Post Office Wants More Than Mail
But when parents fail to provide continuity of care, the state revokes or curtails their parental prerogatives.
Civil Liberty: We believe also in protest against the curtailment of our civil rights.
We welcome expansion of telephone services as improving the general well-being but accept curtailment of postal services as signifying necessary economy.
But the desire for all this ephemeral and disposable tat could be avoided, claim the critics, by curtailing or even banning advertising aimed directly at children.
They say there's no evidence that native reserves were revoked to achieve such a purpose, and no evidence of suppressing or curtailing Aboriginal customs and rites.
Plays a central role in Fulham's rise to the top flight but his career is curtailed by a leg injury suffered in a car crash. Times, Sunday Times
Aldridge, when a provision is enacted upon a backdrop of longstanding historical practice, and no expression is made that the historical practice is going to be curtailed, that is powerful evidence that the provision was not, in fact, intended to curtail the practice. The Volokh Conspiracy » Second Circuit rules in favor of firearms dealers on procedural due process:
Customers are asked by Kerry County Council to please use water sparingly, to check for leaks or wastage in their supply systems, to avoid watering lawns, washing cars etc, and to expect curtailments on the supplies, particularly at night
His stockbroking career was curtailed by a bad car crash, and he took up writing. Times, Sunday Times
Send yearlings to the feedlot early and curtail replacement heifer production for a year.
This in turn raises the risk of bank bankruptcies and therefore causes banks to curtail the expansion of credit.
As soon as a contract becomes legally binding, performance ceases to be optional, thereby curtailing individual autonomy.
The president has remained mute about plans to curtail the number of immigrants.
We can make substantial contributions, if only we curtail unnecessary expenditure.
Curtailing innocent kids' rights to go where they've no business and are universally unwelcome is a small price to pay for some peace.
Under the interests theory, obligations arise in order to protect economic liberty, not curtail it.
I've never sent spam, so why should my legitimate use of the Internet be curtailed?
The broiler industry, controlled by a handful of large companies, is curtailing production because of record high feed prices.
Spending on books has been severely curtailed.
He added any new action would be limited to curtailing extracurricular services and the resumption of a full strike would only be considered as a last resort.
With his freedom of movement severely curtailed he is not allowed to go for a walk even with bodyguards he embarked on what he calls a silent one to one combat. Saviano's Hell on Earth
The discussion in the Venezuela blogosphere could be seen from two different points of view, since while some argue that this new decree is an attempt to curtail freedom of speech, others consider this kind of campaign as trying to raise an alarm where there is no urgency. Global Voices in English » Venezuela: Keeping the Internet as a Priority
He inherited an unsustainable debt position and a trajectory for public spending that had to be curtailed. Times, Sunday Times
A substantial curtailment of the growth of ice would amount to a substantial reduction of the absolute size of the ice crystallites.
Play is now restricted or curtailed with the par reduced and handicaps proportionately trimmed.
Emancipation is not a right that can be curtailed in favour of the interests of the few.
The result is a dramatic decrease in the money supply, dramatically curtailing growth.
Propagandistic harangues should be promptly curtailed and contempt of court by the accused or their lawyers dealt with robustly. Times, Sunday Times
Business activity is being curtailed by the risk of Brexit. Times, Sunday Times
Our current impression is that haematin does curtail the clinical attack, and we frequently employ it.
The only objection he had to make was that the stretta of the second finale was too abrupt, a criticism which proved his keenness of perception; and I was able to show him, by the score, how I had been compelled, much against my inclination, to curtail the opera, and thereby create the position to which he had taken exception. My Life — Volume 1
He said the railways was also suffering losses due to curtailment of goods train services as the Ludhiana-Jakhal-Delhi section could take a limited load of passenger and goods trains.
In the fuller passage it sounds to me as though Obama is arguing that the civil rights movement had so many successes through the courts that they began to rely on the courts to provide redistribution of wealth -- which was a tragedy _as a strategy_, because it curtailed on-the-ground measures that could have brought about redistributions by other means, without the involvement of courts. McCain Campaign Falsely Claims Obama Described Court's Failure to Redistribute Wealth As "Tragedy"
_Bête Noire_, my _bête noire_, and so I called him, and as he is by no means averse to eating through his head rope when picketed, I find that the curtailment to "gnaw" is satisfactory enough as far as names go. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition
Many of the political newcomers have vocally opposed Mr. Obama's policies and vowed to sharply curtail government spending and the number of federal workers. New Obama Economic Adviser Has Wide Political Experience
That strategy also includes sharply curtailing corporate banking to focus primarily on its biggest customers worldwide.
The ban on AG was imposed, using the Political Parties Act that severely curtails the democratic rights of free association and free speech.
Instead, a troublesome groin injury curtailed his appearances on both sides of the Atlantic.
The output of playing cards was seriously curtailed in Cromwellian times, when both cards and play were regarded as sinful.
Budget cuts have drastically curtailed training programs.
He said that the proposed limitation period reduction from three years to one year again was also unfair as it represented a curtailment of the personal right of citizens.
In a society with no laws, then a mafia that extorts me (of their own free will) restricts my freedom and any systematic attempt to curtail them becomes a de facto law.
All the same, she has no thoughts about curtailing her acting career to be a fulltime mother. Times, Sunday Times
The pictorial wrapper of _A Man of the Islands_ (HUTCHINSON) is embellished with a drawing of a coffee-coloured lady in a costume that it would be an under-statement to call curtailed, also (inset, as the picture-papers say) the portrait of a respectable-looking gentleman in Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920
On many Western rivers, dams have already severely curtailed wild spawning runs.
Lose momentum and your forward thrust will be curtailed. If you ingest the animosity and acrimonious threats of the nay sayers you will be discouraged, and indeed that is their controlling motive.
Iron Chef's videography does curtail the program's audio-visual disconnect by devoting nearly all of its contest time - about half of each program - to footage of the chefs at work.
A poor African, behind the pulpit, who perhaps had seen pictures of the devil with a long tail and hoofs, misapprehended the meaning of the word curtail, and responded, "Amen! may it be cut right, smack, smooth, short off. Pictures of Slavery in Church and State; Including Personal Reminiscences, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc. etc. with an Appendix, Containing the Views of John Wesley and Richard Watson on Slavery
Airlines are curtailing flight schedules and laying off staff while the planes are travelling at about half capacity.
In addition, although many nonprescription products are described in the text and in tabular format, the long-standing approach of this text to list the active and inactive ingredients of virtually all products has been curtailed.
Could it be that the economy of Old Town and Swindon would suffer if the clubbers and boozers were curtailed by the very alcohol-free zones which are being suggested?
As a result of the government's programme, the weight of the public enterprise sector was significantly curtailed.
The trouble with curtailing basement building is that there are precious few grounds on which to do so. Times, Sunday Times
By now Laois were playing the better football and the Dublin management were forced into swapping Cleere and Downes in an effort to curtail Brennan, but it had little effect.
Discussion on the measure was severely curtailed, after the government set a 10 pm deadline, or guillotine, for voting on the legislation.
The last government severely curtailed trade union rights.
The chairman ruled out any curtailment of the build-up of the fund to boost capital spending in the coming years in order to divert cash to capital projects.
Queasiness at the sight of blood curtailed a medical career, and Darwin went to Cambridge to study divinity and join the church.
Secondary prevention attempts to curtail the spread of the disease and interrupt its course.
His stockbroking career was curtailed by a bad car crash, and he took up writing. Times, Sunday Times
What's tragic about the current stand-off between the Tea Party anti-tax zealots and the Democrats is that as recently as the mid-1990s there was an actual consensus among liberals and conservatives, including the antigovernment Americans for Tax Reform and Ralph Nader's liberal Public Interest Research Group, that strove to curtail subsidies and tax breaks for business. Jane White: The Social Security Fix: End Corporate Welfare
Nevertheless, always willing to reinforce failure with, er … more failure, ICES are now calling for a complete ban on cod exploitation AND – in the height of moronic fatuity – are telling EU member state governments that other species, such as haddock and plaice, will have to be severely curtailed if cod is to be protected. Pity the poor readers
Secondary prevention attempts to curtail the spread of the disease and interrupt its course.
Moreover, as Mr McManus pointed out, if ‘airport’ has so restricted a definition, the ability of an airport operator to make byelaws under section 63 is so curtailed as in practice to be virtually nugatory.
‘The curtailment of foot patrols along rivers was availed of by some individuals to engage in illegal activity,’ he said.
But what they end up with, after all the reserve they impose (and which curtails their creative impetus) is merely anecdotal.
The amount of time they can spend in such places of worship will also be curtailed. Times, Sunday Times
We have since seen even more curtailments to what constitutes legal protest.
Daughters of St. Francis of Sales, on the occasion of their Tercentenary, give to the English-speaking world a work which, in its wise curtailment and still full detail, may be called the quintessence of the Spirit of their Master, the Founder of their Institute. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales
Passengers are annoyed that no notices have been put up at the main bus stop to advise them of the proposed curtailments.
Freedom is not absolute, of course, but the worst atrocities in history have been carried out when authorities decided to "curtail" activities "in the interest of the common good. Daimnation!: Ban homosexuality: Bishop
The US central bank is trying to curtail inflationary pressures without obstructing economic growth.
They are experts in the quiet word in the ear which has been controlling players for decades and they must not have that power curtailed.
In short, Mosley wants to curtail the scope and cost of development.
Where the society has a “compelling, subordinating interest” in regulating population size, the right of the individual may be curtailed. Science Czar John Holdren denies the ‘right of women to choose?’ - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
Freedom of the press is a vital bulwark of our liberties and it is of the utmost importance that politicians do not curtail it. Times, Sunday Times
Do we want to hand these angry people any extra powers to curtail Press probes into political corruption? The Sun
The functions of the judge were curtailed and his quasi-criminal jurisdiction transferred to a criminal court.
So my round-up of 2004 might be cruelly curtailed.
He maintains he's a serious campaigner for free speech, which he says is curtailed by oppressive local by-laws.
But even as Coughlin walked with a noticeable limp Monday, and said his morning runs will have to be curtailed, he joked about it his condition too, deadpanning that Ware was "no longer with the team" and laughing at the idea he'd bother with an MRI. Tuck Awakens and So Do the Giants
The unwieldy jams curtailed in favor of tighter arrangements and improved songcraft.
If people's legal rights to seek recompense for harm done to them are to be curtailed, there has to be some guarantee that the burden of their care does not fall on them alone.
I am not interested in assigning blame but would like there to be some sort of effort to curtail this kind of behavior. Portland gangster hit in broad daylight (Jack Bog's Blog)
The utilities contend that this reduced capacity will result in curtailed service and higher prices some years down the road.
But in the army, where next week you may find yourself in a vicious firefight with a load of Taleban wackos bent on both martyrdom and the tender attentions of the usual 72 virgins (or is it 73 this week?), curtailing training by a week may mean that something which might save the life of a young Private soldier in the field goes untaught. A Shilling for Des's Meter?
Lose momentum and your forward thrust will be curtailed. If you ingest the animosity and acrimonious threats of the nay sayers you will be discouraged, and indeed that is their controlling motive.
Maybe I'll put that on my list of things to do, since it will be curtailed after launch, since all the mountain climbing is off.
The promise of a fine indoor season had been curtailed during a training break in Florida.
I did say it would curtail my daytime internet surfing, adopting the air of a martyr to the communal good.
And those groups are so multifarious that the president's freedom of maneuver will be significantly curtailed.
Now the Ohio Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of the judge's decision to curtail the right of procreation for parolees and probationers.
The food industry is under intense pressure to curtail its marketing in the face of rising levels of childhood obesity.
Under the interests theory, obligations arise in order to protect economic liberty, not curtail it.
It wants to curtail Parliament's powers over the regions and impose regional assemblies.
Legal immigrants even have their rights curtailed, which is something that Bill Tucker said was not the case. CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2006
He considered becoming a sculler (much as Redgrave had once desired) and even bought a house at Banyoles in Spain, where the 1992 Olympics were to be held, but without a sponsor the plan was curtailed and he was soon lost to rowing. Andy Holmes obituary
Indeed, instead of seeking to curtail other people 's liberty we should always be seeking to defend it. Times, Sunday Times
Illness and injury have curtailed his international ambitions. Times, Sunday Times
I say I hope an etiquette will evolve to curtail some of our more reckless online behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
Concern was expressed that this needed regional geoscience is lacking over most of Canada, while geological survey activity is being curtailed.
Despite its flight curtailments at Heathrow, it reported a pre-tax profit of £115m in the first quarter of the current financial year.
We will ensure that their influence is severely curtailed and, if possible, removed.
As species wither, the marine food chain could be disrupted; human action is needed to curtail further acidification.
The Lebanese army was working hard to repair the road, but the Israeli defense force reportedly warned them that their heavy machinery could be targeted, forcing the army to curtail repair efforts.
The world No 3 blamed the injury for curtailing his preparation. Times, Sunday Times
Their right of defence was curtailed by interruptions from the judge and the apparently hand-picked audience of hostile spectators.
The demand comes in the light of the 200 job cuts announced by the Western Health Board last week and the continuing curtailment of expenditure across a range of services.
For example, as I have written elsewhere, artificially limiting premium growth allows the government to curtail spending while leaving the dirty work of withholding medical care to private insurers: “Premium caps, which Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is currently threatening to impose, force private insurers to manage care more tightly — i.e., to deny coverage for more services.” Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Why Obamacare 2.0 is Like Cap-and-Trade
At last Eric returned to Britain for a month's leave, but this was curtailed after a fortnight.
So many factors can curtail a career. Times, Sunday Times
The failure to implement policies intended to undermine confessionally based political power have curtailed that hope.
With what we call civilisation hundreds of miles away, in a country where law and order are to be regarded more as names than facts, one has a great joy in mere living, intensified doubtless by long hours spent in the saddle, by occasional hard work and curtailed rest, and by the daily sight of the rising sun. Morocco
They leave behind deepening concerns for the health service, renewed fury at the condition of the country's schools, outrage at curtailments on freedom of information and ambivalence over the position on Iraq.
In most parts of Central and Eastern Europe, the process of embourgeoisement of society remained severely curtailed.

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