Sentence examples for has only tightened from inspiring English sources

September 11th has only tightened things further; it also seems to have dampened hopes of a formal guest-worker programme.These new arrivals have an enormous economic effect.

In fact, in the years since the war the Army has only tightened its hold on the north and the east, policing the people and swallowing their land.

If anything, China has only tightened its controls in the last eight years — leaving the company in a bind for how to justify its return.

The explosion in the use of derivatives has only tightened the global links — and made a worldwide meltdown easier to imagine.

The military junta that seized power in 1988 has only tightened its grip since then, locking up opponents and hunkering down in the face of criticisms and sanctions from the West.

Since then, the noose has only tightened: the European Union and the United States imposed oil sanctions, and Turkey, furious that its entreaties have been ignored, has stopped trade across its border (on which the northern city of Aleppo, relatively calm and historically acquiescent to the regime, relies).

Don't worry if your drum still doesn't sound good, we've only tightened it up enough to get a resonant sound, but it may sound distorted.

Russia has not only tightened its hold on the breakaway region.

Lula's government has not only tightened monetary and fiscal policy, it is pursuing the structural reforms espoused by its predecessor.

If he was already accused of holding a firm grip of power, this recent crisis has only served to tighten it.

It has only recently begun to tighten regulations to limit money laundering and other shady financial endeavors that attracted Islamic militants, drug smugglers and other traffickers.