Sentence examples for tighten the terms from inspiring English sources

Last month, regulators pressed the banks to tighten the terms.

But the ECB's rate-setting council would like to tighten the terms soon.

It could tighten the terms of buy-to-let loans so that they are brought into line with the more stringent yardsticks used for owner-occupiers.

But they are umbilically linked to the intention, repeated by Mr Clarke yesterday, to publish a green paper next year, with legislation to follow, which will massively tighten the terms on which intelligence information can be disclosed in courts.

Lenders slashed the amount of credit they were prepared to make available late last year, and they intend restricting it again in the first quarter of 2008.The housing market is already wilting, as banks tighten the terms on which they make mortgage loans and would-be buyers take fright at the possibility of instant losses on their purchases.

Setting a target for the size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, as in a QE regime, could thus have the perverse effect of forcing the Fed to tighten the terms and availability of its lending at times when market conditions were worsening, and vice versa.

Many are tightening the terms under which they offer money, even to buyers with good credit.

An Afghan central bank official said Thursday that along with the moves announced by the president's office, the authorities were also quietly tightening the terms under which the bank's two largest shareholders are being detained.

In Washington, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said today that he saw progress on tightening the terms for weapons inspections, but continued wrangling over the green light for military action.

Across the board, P&C insurers are raising rates and tightening the terms and conditions of their policies; they are charging more for less in order to make a profit on underwriting.Fitch, a rating agency, says that despite this it will be a long time before European insurers are well capitalised again.

The judge did tighten up the terms of his bail, banning Dotcom from any helicopter or sea travel that is not on public transport.