| law forbid | 23.44 | Florida law forbids gay adoption. | ||
| rule forbid | 4.74 | The rules forbid it. | ||
| government forbid | 2.44 | The federal government also forbids such executions. | ||
| constitution forbid | 2.37 | The state constitution forbids it. | ||
| regulation forbid | 2.17 | Moscow city regulations forbid ownership of land. | ||
| policy forbid | 2.04 | Prison policy forbids such scams. | ||
| heaven forbid | 1.25 | Not even a Marxist, heaven forbid. | ||
| agreement forbid | 1.12 | He says confidentiality agreements forbid him to disclose details. | ||
| religion forbid | 0.92 | Their religion forbids the eating of pork. | ||
| court forbid | 0.86 | The court forbade all such experiments on children. | ||
| father forbid | 0.79 | His working-class father forbids it. | ||
| judge forbid | 0.72 | The judge forbade the two men from meeting with each other. | ||
| official forbid | 0.72 | Iraqi officials on Thursday forbade reporters from traveling to the al-Mundhariya crossing. | ||
| police forbid | 0.72 | Police forbade the usual holiday parades of men masked as devils. | ||
| authority forbid | 0.66 | State authorities also forbade Chrysler from re-selling returned vehicles for three years. | ||
| bill forbid | 0.66 | The budget bill forbids the city to carry out either act. | ||
| teaching forbid | 0.66 | Mormon teaching forbids the use of alcohol. | ||
| contract forbid | 0.59 | The UAW contract with Chrysler forbids wildcat strikes. | ||
| doctor forbid | 0.59 | His doctors have forbidden him to move. | ||
| measure forbid | 0.59 | The measures forbid US nationals to travel to Lebanon and ban flights between Beirut and US cities. |