Sentence examples for tightened substantially from inspiring English sources

With the capital markets in turmoil, terms have tightened substantially for movie deals.

Refining margins, the difference between what refiners pay for oil and what they are paid for the products they make from it, have tightened substantially in recent months.

HOUSTON — Oil prices rose modestly on Monday in response to the shutdown of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, indicating that traders believed the network would come back on line before supplies tightened substantially in the United States.

The online betting sites also have Romney as the firm favorite, but by Monday morning they were showing the race tightening substantially.

Tax changes aside, fiscal policy will in effect tighten substantially anyway next year, with the end of the two-year stimulus programme and continued belt-tightening at the state and local-government levels.

For one thing, the Fed has tightened monetary policy substantially in the last year.

El Paso's actions significantly increased the price of natural gas flowing to California, he added, and "substantially tightened the supply of natural gas at the California border".

"Over the last few years the government has substantially tightened the rules on non-domiciles but offshore trusts can still be very effective for saving tax for non-domiciled people".

Prices doubled as the Fed substantially tightened monetary policy.

The BBC's Yusuf Ibrahim Yakasai in Kano says that security in the city has been substantially tightened following the blast, with the area of the explosion almost completely sealed off.

It devalued the peso 20%, substantially tightened monetary and fiscal policies, and took measures to mend ties with the international financial community, including: engaging with the IMF to improve its economic data reporting, reaching a compensation agreement with Repsol for the expropriation of YPF, and presenting a proposal to pay its arrears to the Paris Club.