Sentence examples for as stringent as it from inspiring English sources

The embargo is not as stringent as it once was, with President Barack Obama's administration easing restrictions on travel to Cuba for academic, religious or cultural exchanges.

At Miami, Brenda Leal, a flight attendant with Grupo Taca of Guatemala, an airline serving Central America, said she was concerned about airlines in countries where airport security was not as stringent as it is now in the United States.

This creates a moral hazard as the due diligence done in the underwriting process is not as stringent as it would be if the bank retained the risk.

As a result, they say, the country could adopt security measures as stringent as its people will tolerate politically or support financially.

The new quotas are as stringent as the old ones, making it harder for Western manufacturers to obtain rare earths in the quantities and with the timeliness their factories require.

Although Congress passed the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act in October requiring states to adopt water quality standards at least as stringent as the Environmental Protection Agency's by 2004, it encourages but does not require that states monitor their beaches or notify the public when water-quality standards are violated.

One high-profile Republican, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, who is chairman of the House Budget Committee, rejected the measure at least in part because it was not as stringent as another version – one the House mulled but decided not to vote on — that would have required a super-majority in Congress to raise taxes as a way of balancing the budget.

This sounds like a standard that allows for communicating only trivialities, but it's not as stringent as that.

It does not have advertising policies as stringent as ABC News's.

Martin's concerns centre around Usada: that the standards it applies to other sports are not nearly as stringent as the ones already in place in US racing.

While licensing of travel companies is not as closely monitored as it was several years ago when we began going to Cuba, the stated requirements are as stringent as ever.