Sentence examples for have been strict from inspiring English sources

The Kelly family have been strict with their trademark.

The visa requirements have been strict in the past because of suspicions on each side.

Government regulators have been strict about allowing mergers in industries where a few companies dominate the market.

Since 1949 there have been strict limits on the ability of foreign governments to distribute equipment they receive under United States military assistance programs.

For almost as long as there have been organized sports, there have been strict coaches who expect their authority to be absolute.

Unlike right-wingers beholden to the gun lobby, we have been steadfast in our efforts to keep our streets free of firearms, and unlike those who wield words as weapons, we have been strict in our adherence to nonviolence.

We should have been stricter.

Insurance firms claim to have been stricter than banks about underwriting their loans.

If we had continued with P4P we would have been stricter, we would have put more efforts to check whether they had really improved or not.

She had been strict, with very high expectations that I had hitherto lived up to.

If his father had been strict before, he soon became a lot harder.