Sentence examples for tightened control over from inspiring English sources

Officials have tightened control over monasteries.

But he has gradually tightened control over the small political class, with arrests and new rules.

Fearing a spillover of refugees, neighboring Tunisia has tightened control over its border.

Just as the government has tightened control over political life, so, too, has it intruded in matters of faith.

An Islamic-oriented political party and two human rights groups were outlawed, and the government tightened control over mosques.

He revised the law code, built an effective army, and tightened control over his lands and the church.

Subsequently, Karimov tightened controls over political and economic life.

Hong Kong tightened controls over remittance agents and money changers last January.

It said it had already tightened controls over the way its fishmeal is procured.

He has tightened controls over the media and cracked down on independent intellectuals and activists.

Lukashenko's government, however, has tightened controls over organizations that received American and European funds, closing many of them down.