bar

Word: bar

Context Sentence: Last month there were calls for a ban on size zero models at London Fashion Week after super-thin girls were barred from the catwalks in Madrid.

Source: Metro, Monday, October 9, 2006 Size zero clothes-on sale in a shop near you PP5

Definition: v. obstruct (sth) so as to prevent progress e,g: Soldiers barred the road so we had to turn back.

bar sb from sth/doing sth. : prevent sb from using sth or from doing sth e,g: She was barred from (entering) the competition because of her age.

Another good word - here are some more sentences using it. I have underlined what is being forbidden and put in italics the person who is being refused persmission. Can you answer the question about the last 2 examples? (Tilly) When //the challengers//, who have a bigger budget and more style than the host body, wanted to open their own village, the ACOC **barred** them __from using the words `____America____'s Cup';__

I'd like to propose that the //writer of this letter// when known should be **barred** for life __from the Club__.

However, Palestinians were forced to remain within the occupied territories so that //the majority// were effectively **barred** __from their jobs in__ __Israel__.

//He// was **barred** for life __from the game__ and angrily hired his own team of detectives to collect evidence to prove that all the other major clubs were also evading the regulations.

Only //five of the 282 exiles// were now **barred** __from__ __Taiwan__, according to Interior Minister Wu Po-hsiung.

//A STUDENT// **barred** by police __from canoeing over__ __England____'s mightiest waterfall__ has been seriously injured in a daredevil river plunge.

Ms Bonham Carter, 26, has given the High Court in London a map marking out __an area of several hundred yards around her home__ from which she wants //the man// **barred**.

These examples do not say what or where the people had been barred from because it is clear from the context – can you guess?

A nurse told me a policeman wanted to see me, but //visitors// had been **barred** until tomorrow.

Northwich where several publicans have **barred** //drinkers aged between 18 and 21// on Friday and Saturday nights.