Sentence examples for system tightened from inspiring English sources

The University of California system tightened its oversight of tobacco-financed research last fall, after rejecting a proposal for a ban.

The tax-sharing system tightened up local governments' extrabudgetary revenue, but their continuing fiscal expenditures in the same manner brought about major debts for local governments (Zhou 2012).

The external compressive stress imposed on the FRP composite is intended to simulate the effect produced by a mechanical anchorage system tightened to the EBR system.

(In one signalling system, tightening the lips over the teeth shows an ace, glancing upward shows a king, and shrugging one shoulder shows a jack).

Now the two problems have run together: there is a huge jam of overdue reforms stuck in the political works in Bonn, while public borrowing has soared.To be fair, the government has made some headway: revamping health insurance, tinkering with the pension system, tightening the rules on sick pay and the grounds on which the unemployed can refuse job offers.

The hall pass system was tightened last fall to prevent students from wandering around the building unsupervised; students must now carry color-coded passes that correspond to their assigned floors.

Has the honours system been tightened up as a result?

But IB was both less generous than IVB (the earnings-related Additional Pension was scrapped for new claimants and payments were made taxable) and most importantly the medical eligibility system was tightened.

Smith's department had unveiled what it termed "an Australian-style points system" to tighten immigration.

She also wants a new system to tighten up on leaks and trading of information for personal interest.

He called himself the working people's candidate and promised to restore free tuition in the City University system and tighten rent control laws.