Sentence examples for as tightening from inspiring English sources

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Any policy response, such as tightened sanctions, should be adopted with little rhetorical fanfare.

These are not the same as the tightening torque values as different forces are involved (static vs dynamic).