Sentence examples for order tightened from inspiring English sources
The S.E.C.'s temporary order tightened the short-selling rules for 19 stocks, only 12 of which have major markets in the United States rather than overseas.
The order tightened Rolls-Royce's hold on the new market for engines for superjumbo aircraft but positioned G.E. to obtain further orders from the Australian airline over the coming decade.
Before leaving office, the Clinton administration issued an executive order tightening standards for arsenic in water.
* Took steps to end influence of lobbyists and signed an order tightening ethics rules at the White House.
Barack Obama today ordered a pay freeze for senior staff at the White House as he signed an executive order tightening rules on lobbyists to ensure greater accountability and transparency in government – and made the crippled economy his top priority.
Judge Irenas found that information about some parolees had been circulated improperly, in violation of their privacy rights, and ordered tightened notifications.
During his first week in office, he ordered tightened restrictions on lobbying, a salary freeze for key White House staff, and increased transparency in government.
Eventually the government ordered tightening of security in the leaky departments.
They have done the same with Obama's other major break with Washington's paralysis this fall: the sweeping executive orders tightening enforcement of environmental emissions, which have proved the crucial shock therapy to put languishing climate change negotiations back on track.
Mr. Bush has not been shy about taking on environmentalists: last week, he reversed a Clinton administration executive order that tightened arsenic standards for drinking water, a boon to the mining industry.
The two major events on his public schedule that day were a bill signing authorizing $800 million in state aid to communities to protect drinking water sources and a new executive order that tightened the accounting practices of state agencies and authorities.
