Sentence examples for as tighten from inspiring English sources

"We need to rely on the banks to do their share of the work to stop money laundering abuses that exist, and the government has the responsibility to enforce regulation as well as tighten up the laws".

One might be familiar with the biblical phrase, 'to gird one's loins' which is directly translated as "tighten your pants", meaning to 'get ready for a dangerous situation/action'.

Officials are also working on airline, airport and seaport security as well as tightening customs controls.

Consumer spending, however, now lags, as tightened rules on late card payments were imposed in November.

It still regards the labour market as tightening, as seen in the slight pick-up in productivity.

But treaties can be loosened as well as tightened; they fit for a while, then must be revised.

This effort has involved better coördination between the C.I.A., the F.B.I., and the international community, as well as tightened surveillance.

The rich world is imposing ever stricter emissions standards on refineries and power-generation plants, as well as tightening the requirements to reduce pollutants in petrol.

Now, as tightening market conditions pressure buyout shops out of Citigroup's auction of EMI, it may be Mr. Bronfman's time to strike.

By the same token, it is much harder to carry out structural reforms at the same time as tightening the budget.

Such disagreements are playing out on campuses around the country, as tightening budgets have complicated efforts by university presses to keep up with the changing publishing marketplace.