blanket ban

collocation in English

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blanket
noun[C]
uk
/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/us
/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/
a flat cover made of wool or similar warm material, usually used on ...
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ban
noun[C]
uk
/bæn/us
/bæn/
an official order that prevents something ...
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(Definition ofblanketandbanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblanket ban

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These are attempts to remind the requestor to consider the benefits and drawbacks of the investigation without enforcing an inappropriateblanketban.
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The reason we considered ablanketbanon statesanctioned violence in the last section is because of potentially innocent detainees.
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Alternatively the difference may be due the main there is no empirical evidence for a to the methodological bias inherent in ethnographicblanketbanon aromatherapy.
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Fortunately theblanketban, in effect, is being re-examined by the advisory panel.
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Ablanketbanwould involve a complete ban on any kind of material at all.
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It is right that the presentblanketbanshould be a ban on saint and sinner together.
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There will be noblanketbanon claims from designated countries.
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We do not need anotherblanketbanwhich is likely to alienate a large number of dog owners.
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Therefore, theblanketbansimply does not protect the political chastity of the police because everybody knows why the ban was applied for.
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I cannot comment on any individual case, but we wanted an annual assessment of each individual rather than ablanketban, and we achieved that.
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That would be the problem if we introduced ablanketban.
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I am sure that that is not intended by those who support the idea of ablanketbanin principle.
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They might want to move around the area but face ablanketbanon such development.
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I have given local authorities the opportunity to put the case for ablanketbanwhere they think it justified.
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This level is generally criticised as being too low for ablanketbanon political activity.
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We could get into an enormous muddle if, while imposing ablanketbanon prospecting, we tried to inhibit legitimate research activities.
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Designation would not however amount to ablanketbanon asylum claims.
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Until recently, there was ablanketbanon insulin-dependent diabetics serving in the fire service.
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It provides ablanketbanwith no possibility of exemption: it covers all witnesses and victims.
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Ablanketbanon information relating to immigration, for example, seems only to reinforce the view that there is something to hide.
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