The phrase "a strict application" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the rigorous enforcement or adherence to rules, principles, or standards.
Example: "The committee decided on a strict application of the regulations to ensure fairness in the selection process."
Alternatives: "a rigorous enforcement" or "a stringent implementation".
A strict application process will apply.
Critics point out that a strict application of these rules would make for very strange writing.
Some situations call for a strict application of rules, others do not.
However, I recognize that a strict application of these principles is not always warranted.
In a series of 1104 patients who were previously classified as ET, the diagnosis was reviewed following a strict application of the 2008 WHO classification8.
The French authorities tried to temper a strict application of the law with what they saw as a dose of humanity.
Boko Haram, which roughly translates as "Western education forbidden," seeks to impose a stricter application of Shariah, or Islamic, law across the largely Muslim northern half of Nigeria.
Not only will he opt out of any further integration, but he wants to undo some of the EU's finely balanced bargains of the past.It may be possible to have a stricter application of "subsidiarity", the doctrine that the EU should act only when it can do things better than national governments.
More recently arrived refugees, however, including Edmund Grindal, the future Archbishop of Canterbury, favoured a stricter application of the book.
The report on the role of women in industry summarizes some of these achievements, while insisting for a stricter application of the principle of equality.
Sessions' new memo acknowledges the possibility that the circumstances of a case might call for a less strict application of that basic charging policy, but still requires prosecutors to weigh carefully whether an exception is justified.
