The phrase "apply strict rules" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing the enforcement of regulations or guidelines that are rigid and non-negotiable.
Example: "In this competition, we must apply strict rules to ensure fairness among all participants."
Alternatives: "enforce rigid regulations" or "impose stringent guidelines".
It also spurred Representative Farr, a Democrat, to help write the Clean Cruise Ship Act, which would make it illegal for cruise ships to discharge any wastewater, treated or otherwise, within 12 nautical miles of United States shores, and would apply strict rules for discharging treated wastewater up to 200 nautical miles off shore.
The Bureau clearly wanted to apply strict rules to the installment lenders too, but it strategically chose to wait.
Those predictions fail to factor in what could happen to oil prices if, say, major economies like the United States or China put a tax on carbon emissions or apply strict rules to the use of fossil fuels to combat climate change.
Simon Rubinsohn, Rics chief economist, said changes introduced in the Bank's mortgage market review – which requires lenders to apply stricter rules when assessing whether a borrower will be able to meet mortgage payments – were also having an impact.
But even before the spy plane incident, other troubles had already generated mounting political pressures on the Japanese government to scale back the Marine Corps presence here and to apply stricter rules governing marine behavior.
"The compromise strikes a balance between the need for common rules to safeguard the internal market, while allowing member states to have sufficient flexibility to apply stricter rules to safeguard national stability," said the Danish economy minister, Margrethe Vestager, chairwoman of the meeting on Tuesday.
This letter comes in the midst of pending Illinois state legislation to regulate DFS and apply stricter rules for players.
MinuteClinic employs nurse practitioners armed with software-based protocols and applies strict rules that help ensure consistent service.
New York has applied strict rules to the building of skyscrapers for nearly a century, during which it became the world's most dynamic city – so rules are not bad for business.
Buffett made the strategic decision that the Giving Pledge would be devoted to how to give money away rather than applying strict rules about who the money would be given to.
Mr. Krzentowski insists that he applies strict rules to his choice of lights, explaining in the book that he could not experience the thrill of identifying missing elements without them.
