Sentence examples for needs tightened from inspiring English sources

There should be only enough slack so the belt depresses less than an inch -if there is more the belt needs tightened and/or replaced, but meantime it can be silenced like this.

The finale needs tightening, with far too many scene changes for an underwhelming special effect.

The U.N. imposed an arms embargo on Liberia in the early 1990's, but it needs tightening.

That looks to me like a loophole that needs tightening if not closing.

The law that allows those groups to collect money without limits urgently needs tightening, as do Congressional ethics.

Regulation certainly needs tightening to mitigate the worst kind of irresponsible, often predatory lending that led to our current mess.

Supervision needs tightening, and the law needs changing to protect supervisors from long court cases every time they close a sick bank.

The definition of an independent director also needs tightening to exclude not only past and present employees, but also anyone else beholden to the company through financial dealings.

It also needs tightening: watching Ms. Conolly's elderly de Mille being wooed by her much younger husband-to-be just makes for awkward theater.

China, the largest consumer of soybeans, will have to rely on Brazil and the U.S. for its soybean needs, tightening the U.S.' supply.

Instead, the administration opted to wait until the next cycle of ozone standard review--the one that just completed last week--to consider whether the standard needs tightening.