The streets were well-lit and reasonably clean, and beggars were firmly discouraged from loitering.

Individualism was firmly discouraged.

But when Philip's cousin, King George of Greece, raised the possibility of an engagement, the idea was firmly discouraged.

THE directors, however, added that illegal traffic in ancient and ethnic artwork should now be firmly discouraged.

His 'open door' to the West appeared to be closing, and the taste for the Western way of life was firmly discouraged.

Marina's early attempts at poetry were firmly discouraged, since the mother wished her to become a pianist.

Tendencies to stereotype patients as unrewarding and responsible for their illness must be firmly discouraged.

At the least, attacks on civilians could have been more firmly discouraged.

That statement acknowledges that illegal traffic in ancient and ethnic artwork should now be "firmly discouraged."

One of the stories firmly discouraged by Aunt Fonteyn was that prize money from such raids had built it and founded much of the family fortune.