Sentence examples for tightened somewhat from inspiring English sources

The results do seem have tightened somewhat since the first debate, which Romney was widely seen to have won, right?

"Without a doubt unsecured U.S. dollar funding markets have tightened somewhat recently," Andreas Dombret, a member of the executive board of the Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, acknowledged Wednesday.

Although the rules have tightened somewhat again under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranians have responded as they often do — occasionally breaking the rules in private.

The Fed reported that 14 of 22 foreign-based banks operating in the United States "tightened somewhat" over the last three months, while one had "tightened considerably".

The day before, the Security Council had tightened somewhat its mild arms embargo on the Sudanese government and imposed sanctions on as-yet unnamed individuals impeding the peace process in Darfur.

The survey found that 28 of the 57 banks surveyed had "tightened somewhat" the availability of loans to large and midsize companies with sales of at least $50 million a year.

Later, the panel decided to tighten somewhat the ability of American multinational corporations to reduce their taxes by claiming credits against the taxes they paid to foreign governments.

With over half the vote in and Clinton leading by 16 points, the networks are calling it for Clinton - though as Richard points out below, with most of the major cities still not counted, that margin could tighten somewhat and affect the delegate apportionment.

A Fed survey of senior loan officers at American banks in April indicated that most banks had kept lending standards the same, or tightened them somewhat, even with a steady or rising demand for mortgages.

Things did tighten up somewhat once he moved into City Hall — everything but the mayor's need for making news, for approval and for attention.

Mario Draghi, the president of the ECB, tightened the screws somewhat on the country.