Sentence examples for effect tighten from inspiring English sources

The changes to the ministerial line-up in effect tighten No 10's grip on education policy.

Tax changes aside, fiscal policy will in effect tighten substantially anyway next year, with the end of the two-year stimulus programme and continued belt-tightening at the state and local-government levels.

That can only be done with the participation of many more young, healthier participants who would, in effect, tighten the risk pool and provide the stability insurers require.

But white lies had precisely the opposite effect, tightening social bonds.

John Thanassoulis, professor of finance economics at Warwick Business School, said the move could "be in effect tightening monetary policy, which is not good for the UK with inflation so subdued".

But companies that make and provide the wheelchairs contend that the government has, in effect, tightened the eligibility requirements, which they say is hurting both them and their customers.

Policy has, in effect, tightened this year, even though the economic outlook has deteriorated; and the euro area's core inflation rate (excluding food, energy and tobacco) has dropped below 2%.

If central banks are correct in arguing that QE has driven bond yields down, then logically a reversal of QE might drive yields up, in effect tightening monetary policy.

If you live in Zurich, the nice houses by the lake are taken by rich foreigners and you have to put up with something more modest and farther out.Worse still, in a crisis, everyone buys your currency, in effect tightening your monetary policy.

A day later the MPC dashed any faint hopes that the bank would rush to loosen policy when it announced that the base rate would stay unchanged at 5.75%.This came as little surprise, since monetary conditions have already in effect tightened through the rise in the three-month interbank rate.

However, don't go overboard: while acidic marinades work by breaking down (denaturing) protein bonds, putting a steak in a highly acidic marinade (pH around 5 or lower) for more than two hours has the opposite effect, tightening the protein bonds, drawing out moisture, and making the meat tougher.[1].