Sentence examples for while trying to tighten from inspiring English sources

While trying to tighten the economic screw, the bloc's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has also made it clear she is ready for talks with Iran's chief negotiator, Saeed Jalili.

Last week, while trying to tighten his depleted coalition, Mr. Sharon offered the Foreign Ministry to Mr. Netanyahu to shore up his right-wing support and to blunt Mr. Netanyahu's political threat by turning him into a subordinate.

Any top-half finish will depend on keeping striker Jonathan Kodjia and ensuring he gets the right service, while trying to tighten an often leaky defence and open midfield.

Britain and the United States wanted no extension, but aimed for a vote this week on a new plan that would lift restrictions on the sale of civilian goods to Iraq while trying to tighten controls on oil smuggling and military purchases.

But officials are trying to tighten control over culture generally.

So you were trying to tighten the markets?

While the real sting of the Wall Street fallout has yet to be felt, some charities are at least trying to tighten their belts.

Fifa is belatedly trying to tighten regulations over the appointment of match officials.

The central bank had also been trying to tighten lending standards.

The Communist Party is trying to tighten its control of the Catholic church in China.

Now, Chinese officials are concerned about rampant spending and are trying to tighten bank lending.