This ban made it more difficult for landowners in the region to sell their land.

I thought a ban, even though it violated freedom of contract, made sense.

But experts believe that the ban will make some fires harder to put out and could cost lives.

"But the ban on foster parents has made it more likely."

Quite a few students agreed that a ban on papers would make it more difficult to smoke marijuana.

Both bans do not make logical sense to the general public.

A ban on travel to the area made it impossible to confirm the numbers.

Others question whether the ban on free meals and gifts would make any real difference in the political process.

But whether that ban makes any sense is increasingly open to question.

If a ban makes no difference, what is the point of it?