I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ blanket ( esp. BrE ), complete , outright , total
▪ partial
▪ temporary
▪ overtime
▪ advertising
▪
a blanket advertising ~ on tobacco
▪ driving
▪ smoking
▪ test
▪
a nuclear test ~ treaty
▪ constitutional ( AmE )
▪ federal ( AmE )
VERB + BAN
▪ enact ( esp. AmE ), impose , introduce ( esp. BrE ), place , put
▪
They have imposed a ~ on the import of seal skins.
▪ enforce
▪ lift , overturn , remove
▪ uphold
▪ tighten
▪ ease
▪
The ~ on exports has now been eased.
▪ call for , demand , support
▪ oppose , reject
▪ comply with
▪ defy ( esp. BrE )
▪
The students took to the streets, defying a ~ on political gatherings.
BAN + VERB
▪ come into force , start
▪ apply to sth , cover sth
▪
The ~ only covers tropical hardwood.
▪ affect sth
▪
The ~ will affect all public and work premises.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on smoking in public places
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ effectively
▪ formally , officially
▪ completely
VERB + BAN
▪ attempt to , seek to , try to
▪ vote to
▪
Congress has voted to ~ online gambling.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
The weightlifter was banned from the Olympics for failing a drugs test.
▪
He has been banned from driving for a year. ( BrE )
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to ~ sth , a move to ~ sth ( esp. BrE )
▪
a move to ~ tobacco advertising
▪ a decision to ~ sth
Ban is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ amendment , ↑ bill , ↑ convention , ↑ injunction , ↑ law , ↑ magistrate , ↑ regulation , ↑ treaty
Ban is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ abortion , ↑ book , ↑ demonstration , ↑ discrimination , ↑ export , ↑ film , ↑ gambling , ↑ hunting , ↑ import , ↑ marriage , ↑ meeting , ↑ practice , ↑ rally , ↑ sale , ↑ shipment , ↑ slaughter , ↑ slavery , ↑ smoking , ↑ strike , ↑ trade , ↑ use