11.   And a big initial hurdle is the longstanding ban on attorneys forming partnerships and sharing fees with non-lawyers.

12.   Australia is to lift its longstanding ban on new sales of uranium to France, imposed in the early eighties in protest French nuclear testing in the South Pacific.

13.   Authorities recently threatened that students caught at the political rallies would face expulsion in adherence with a longstanding ban on student involvement in politics.

14.   But the justices stuck to their longstanding ban on television and still cameras inside the courtroom.

15.   In recent months, the government has tightened enforcement of a longstanding ban against official use of foreign cars.

16.   Leaders from several parties of the European Parliament urged the EU executive Wednesday to continue a longstanding ban on hormone-treated beef from the United States.

17.   Police also enforced a longstanding ban on Jews praying on the Mount, confiscating prayer books and shawls before allowing worshipers to enter the area in pairs.

18.   Taiwan has tried to partially meet some Chinese demands, such as ending its longstanding ban on direct air and shipping links with the mainland.

19.   The government has reinforced its longstanding ban on chewing gum with a warning to Singaporeans not to buy it from abroad by mail order.

20.   The lottery was launched a month ago after the government relaxed its longstanding ban on gambling.