Sentence examples for tightened checks from inspiring English sources
In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest, fowl are reportedly being smuggled in motorcycle panniers to avoid tightened checks.
Spokesmen for the airline that flew Liam to Rome said they had fired several people on the airline's security staff, and tightened checks at every stage in the boarding process.
On Sunday, the Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata urged China to begin shipping rare earths again, saying the Chinese vice minister of commerce had told him customs had tightened checks on rare earth exports to all destinations.
The changes, he suggested, could tighten checks on who is granted aid and reduce the workload by imposing tighter rules on how far cases can be appealed, for example.
Japan has tightened postal checks and has urged its citizens to report suspect mail to the police.
On gun control, the president may only be able to get through Congress tightened background checks for buyers, rather than an automatic-weapons ban.
And at Ben-Gurion International Airport today, the Israeli police tightened security checks, and traffic was snarled after the authorities received a warning that a car bombing was planned at the airport.
In the wake of the shooting, there have been mounting calls for moves to control guns including a ban on military-style assault weapons, a cap on high-capacity magazine and tightened background checks on private gun sellers.
Israel tightened security checks last month after two Palestinian suicide bombers slipped out of Gaza while hidden in a shipping container and then blew themselves up in the Israeli port of Ashdod, killing 10.
In the wake of the Newtown shooting, which left 27 victims dead, including 20 children aged six and seven, there have been mounting calls for greater gun controls, including a ban on military-style assault weapons, a cap on high-capacity magazines and tightened background checks on private gun sellers.
Officials said officers tightened security checks in the area and closed roads.
