Sentence examples for tight rule from inspiring English sources

Given the Murdochs' tight rule over the company, crossing the family might seem futile.

He has won grudging acceptance from the outside world and many Cambodians by arguing that without his tight rule the place would collapse in chaos again.

Premadasa was often called autocratic and ruthless, but under his tight rule as president there were some signs of progress in the Tamil civil war.

All these years I've been relying on the old "it doesn't turn any more, so it must be tight" rule.

As elsewhere, tight rules have costs.

The South African racing industry has long maintained tight rules to prevent its outbreak.

Academic, religious and cultural groups are now allowed to travel under very tight rules.

It also sets tight rules for the share of health costs that an insurer must pay.

American law now allows for the self defence of US-flagged ships within tight rules of engagement.

They also demanded tight rules for joining the single currency, and tough controls on borrowing by member states after entry.

Now the tribunal, an institution that searches for tight rules, has been getting a taste of Milosevic-bred anarchy.