Sentence examples for ordered to tighten from inspiring English sources

Troops of the interior ministry were ordered to tighten security at airports, train stations, power plants and the television tower in Almaty.

The Ministry of Justice said immediate and major changes had been ordered to tighten up the system.

China's state banks are under orders to tighten up horribly lax lending habits.

Taxpayers' rights should be strengthened in order to tighten supervision over the government's power," it said.

Human rights groups have accused Gayoom of jailing opponents and potential challengers in order to tighten his grip on power.

The NRA has not commented on the tweet, which comes as President Barack Obama is set to introduce executive orders to tighten the regulations surrounding gun sales.

Dozens of light installations have been concentrated into the central areas of the city this year, in order to tighten the security operation.

Tens of thousands of Kurds were forced out of Kirkuk by Saddam Hussein, who replaced them with Arabs in order to tighten his grip on the region's oil.

The governor, perhaps thinking of his legacy, directed his staff to pursue an executive order to tighten restrictions on campaign donors, imposing limits that he was unwilling or unable to push through a balky Democratic Legislature last spring.

He directed his staff to pursue an executive order to tighten restrictions on campaign donors, imposing limits that he could not or would not push through the Legislature last spring.

In Moscow, the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev wildly exaggerated the significance of Sputnik in order to tighten his tenuous grip on power, while the Soviet scientists responsible for the satellite touted their accomplishment to maintain the patronage of top policy makers.