Sentence examples for stiffer rules from inspiring English sources

As lenders reassess what teams can earn, they are challenging some buyers unwilling to agree to stiffer rules for borrowing, like having the lead investor in a group sign a contract to personally guarantee annual losses.

This week's admissions brings the total number of insurance executives who have pleaded guilty to nine.The European Union introduced much stiffer rules for compensating airline passengers inconvenienced by overbooking, cancellations and delays.

Vacant lots should be cleaned up, and restaurants required to adhere to stiffer rules of cleanliness, he said, but he acknowledged the difficult political hurdles those measures would present.

While banks have made big profits under stiffer rules since the crisis, some analysts warn that adding more to the overhaul could really start to hurt.

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, will come to Friday's summit armed with a battery of proposals for stiffer rules and sanctions in the eurozone.

Some brokerage houses impose stiffer rules, typically pulling the plug when the debt hits 70percentt of the value of the account.

It had very stiff rules and a cabbagy smell.

Give thanks to Malaysia for heading off, at least temporarily, an American effort to weaken the ability of countries to impose stiff rules on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products within their own borders.

According to Brent Rusick, the company's chief operating officer, Buy.com stopped shipping to all but 25 foreign nations in March and implemented stiff rules for customers on the list of 25, chiefly because of fraud concerns.

But while the speed of the aide's switch from government to Wall Street was extraordinary, it reflected reality as Congress takes on an overhaul of the system of regulating financial giants: Wall Street, perhaps more than any other industry, is bolstering its lobbying forces, and turning more and more to former lawmakers and Congressional staff members to lead the fight against stiff rules.

The debate, at the basketball arena of the University of Miami campus, was held under stiff rules agreed to by both sides, intended to limit exchanges between the candidates, as well as camera shots showing reactions of each man as his opponent spoke.