Sentence examples for much tightened from inspiring English sources

Banks, for their part, say that they have not so much tightened credit as returned to more traditional underwriting standards after being too lax, Mr. Bernanke acknowledged.

While tours of many public buildings have been suspended, the city's fabled museums are open, albeit with much tightened security and with many fewer visitors than normal.

Indeed the danger is of too much tightening in the short term.

Compare the reading you got with the specifications in your vehicle's owner manual to determine how much tightening your drive belt will need.

Much tightening may be needed, but this should be a cheery riot by the time it reaches the Proms.

"We don't know nor does the Fed know exactly how much tightening will knock over the apple cart," he wrote.

On Sunday, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan acknowledged that illegal migration was sometimes "out of the hands of the authorities", no matter how much they tightened border controls.

The drainage holes themselves were not closed, because in the 1st weeks after the campaign the system seemed to be much better tightened than ever before with discharges below 2 l/min also during reservoir filling resp.

Ek's work from the past year, however, shows a much more tightened focus, with recurring subject matter and visual scenarios, and an emphasis on a blue and pink palette, which seem to have become the artist's signature style: "I don't want to bore myself or others, but I guess I need some of my work's elements to stay the same or at least to evolve slower," Ek tells The Creators Project.

Some analysts suggested that today's action was intended to get as much monetary tightening as possible out of the way before the campaign gets into full gear.

But in recent months the authorities have done much to tighten controls on the flight of capital; and, after all, the yuan is still largely a non-convertible currency.