Sentence examples for tighten existing from inspiring English sources

This will allow them to tighten existing standards.

The Bush administration's decision to tighten existing restrictions on travel, remittances, relief packages and family visits to Cuba is appalling.

Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's center-right government wants to tighten existing laws and make them more in line with European Union rules.

The swiftness of the opposition to Senator Byrd's efforts shows how hard it will be for him to tighten existing rules -- even as he vows to press on.

The United States led international efforts to tighten existing sanctions, and impose new ones, after the North's nuclear test on May 25.

The new laws also seek to tighten existing legislation on affirmative action, decreeing that black South Africans must constitute at least 60% of senior management by 2017, up from 26% at present.

Tightening existing laws would be a start.

Several Midwestern states also passed laws, or tightened existing laws, limiting foreigners' rights to own farmland.

The regulation tightened existing standards; it was not the first federal effort to control emissions from most diesel engines.

Lawyers contend that rather than tightening existing antiabortion legislation, the state amendments are aimed at preventing future state governments from possibly following Mexico City's lead and legalizing abortion.

It calls for tightening existing sanctions, including expanding a travel ban on North Korean officials and broadening the means for United Nations member nations to intercept and confiscate cargo headed for the North.