Sentence examples for tighten cost from inspiring English sources

Under orders from Congress to wean itself from federal operating subsidies, the railway will spend four to six months seeking ways "to eliminate overlapping operations, tighten cost controls and improve revenue opportunities," Mr. Warrington said.

Sorrell said that, from personal experience with the BBC, he felt that there appeared to be obvious room for it to tighten costs.

Many corporations are feeling these protests tighten costs in their operations.

The company said the losses would continue into next year before it could again generate profits by raising premiums and tightening cost controls.

In a further sign that the company is trying to remove some bloat, Mr. Bewkes also said that Time Warner would explore selling its remaining 84percentt stake in Time Warner Cable and was considering tightening costs at New Line Cinema, the smaller of its two studios, known for movies like the Lord of the Rings trilogy and "Hairspray".

Tightening Costs.

Republicans said they believed they could make the case that the measure would tighten credit, cost jobs and give the government too much power over private enterprise.

As technology increases and performance requirements continually tighten, the cost and required precision of assemblies increase as well.

An interest rate hike in the UK is "moving closer", the governor of the Bank of England told MPs in comments that have fanned market expectations that policymakers could start to tighten borrowing costs before the end of the year.

Economists are divided over whether inflation will push back up above its target this year and over when the Bank will tighten borrowing costs after five years of ultra-loose monetary policy.

This will increase debt service and tighten financing costs, thus affecting investment and growth.