Sentence examples for moving to clamp from inspiring English sources

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British regulators are moving to clamp down.

While the Chinese authorities appeared to be moving to clamp down on the protests, the Japanese government has been urging Beijing to do more to protect Japanese businesses from trespassing, looting and other damage, Osamu Fujimura, chief cabinet secretary, told reporters.

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The mayor has now declared a moratorium on new hotel licences and moved to clamp down on unregistered and illegal apartment-lets.

They had made concrete steps – George Osborne was the first to move, to clamp down on "non-doms" in 2009 – but they had not managed to turn Chocolate Oranges into a larger policy pledge.

Despite pledges of press freedom, the government moved to clamp down on foreign coverage by demanding that overseas journalists be accredited by the Egyptian authorities before being granted access to Tahrir Square.

Regardless of the fuel's source, neither allied forces nor Iraqi officials have moved to clamp down yet on the tanker trucks, most without license plates, that unload at Abu Fulus.

Although Continental Europe has moved to clamp down on indecent and offensive advertising, especially spots that portray women in overly submissive postures, nudity is still much more accepted on the Continent, Mr. Campbell said.

The Government last week moved to clamp down on a tax loophole under which "non-domiciled" residents (non-doms) with split employment contracts could avoid duty by putting their earnings through low-tax foreign jurisdictions.

It has also moved to clamp down on public gatherings, placing in jeopardy the 2017 Warsaw Pride, which has previously drawn thousands of LGBTQ people and human rights advocates to the nation's capital.

The European Commission will propose rules on Tuesday to force major companies to publish details of where they make profits and where they pay tax, as it moves to clamp down on tax avoidance following the Panama Papers revelations.

Though the tally was probably skewed by a self-selecting pool of responders, it demonstrates well enough that when the government does move to clamp down on incitement -- taking the kind of measures outsiders want -- a large swath of the society rejects the decision.

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