Sentence examples for gave teeth from inspiring English sources

In 1968, Singapore gave teeth to anti-malaria efforts with a law allowing health inspectors to enter premises without a warrant to look for mosquito breeding spots.

On Wednesday, after months in which a spate of motions to declare no confidence in the government had failed, Parliament suddenly gave teeth to its protests and, in a preliminary bill, voted to disperse and head to new elections.

In a practical sense, the 8-to-1 decision gave teeth to the court's 1996 ruling that the Constitution's guarantee of due process of law barred punitive damage awards that were "grossly excessive".

That is in sharp contrast with the previous clash between Mr Weidmann and Mr Draghi, in 2012, over the (unused) policy of "outright monetary transactions", a conditional commitment to buy bonds of countries under siege in the markets, which gave teeth to Mr Draghi's pledge to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro.

Chudzinski gave teeth to this by actually making good on the threat of Newton running (at 244 pounds, Newton, unlike the faster-but-more-fragile Michael Vick, has the strength to absorb hits and finish runs, and he has an innate sense for using his elusiveness to minimize the impact of the blows he takes).

Backed by the rapidly growing American Navy, Roosevelt's successful ultimatum finally gave teeth to the Monroe Doctrine: the Western Hemisphere was off limits to European colonization and interference.

But Healy decided to give teeth to that quiet opposition.

The theory is that two minutes of brushing is needed to give teeth a proper cleaning.

The CSAPR is the latest attempt to give teeth to this "good neighbour" requirement.

William Kelly, the mayor of Asharoken, said he proposed the fine in an effort to give teeth to the ethics code.

The new goals should not be allowed to operate as easily ignored principles, but need to be given teeth.