Sentence examples for that would stiffen from inspiring English sources

Some are calling for more drastic action, though that would stiffen the headwinds blowing against a fragile economy.

Mr. Bush also praised an agreement in Congress on legislation that would stiffen penalties for corporate fraud.

Members of her party have now drafted legislation that would stiffen sentences for convicted chaebol owners and their families, and restrict their business activities and investments.

In places such as Minnesota, Michigan and Iowa, Republican lawmakers have proposed laws that would stiffen penalties for demonstrators who block traffic.

Both houses of Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill today that would stiffen civil and criminal penalties for failing to report defects in cars and tires.

Dr. Novello urged the Democratic majority in the Assembly to approve legislation from the governor that would stiffen penalties for violations.

He added that he would stiffen requirements for written documentation of all inmate transfers or releases that were ordered by the court or any other agency, and suggested that people "inside and outside of county government" might become the subject of the criminal investigation.

He condemned the American move as a "very serious injustice" that would only stiffen the guerrillas' resolve to carry on their military campaign.

This disparity in punishment for white-collar and street crimes could narrow considerably, according to state legislators who last week announced agreement on a bill that would substantially stiffen the penalties for large-scale larceny, possession of stolen property, insurance fraud and scheming to defraud.

If lawmakers really wanted to pass a bill that had a chance of becoming law, said JoAnne Smith, president and chief executive officer of Family Planning Advocates, they would have accepted an amendment, proposed by Senate Democrats, that would simply stiffen penalties for attacks on pregnant women without expanding the definition of a crime victim to include a fetus.

Mr de Villepin said this week that he would stiffen the law so as to punish those who are "involved in and encourage" such attacks, not only those who perpetrate them.Criminologists say that these ambushes share a common feature with some of last year's riots, in which schools, post offices and gyms were torched: they are all assaults on symbols of the state.