stringent control
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstringentandcontrol
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stringent
adjective
uk/ˈstrɪn.dʒənt/us/ˈstrɪn.dʒənt/
having a very severe effect, or being ...
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control
noun
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition ofstringentandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It exhibited the ascendancy of absolutism, centralized coercion andstringentcontrol.
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That was notstringentcontrol.
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This puts astringentcontrolon what sort of agreement it makes sense to negotiate behind the veil.
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It was not a verystringentcontrol.
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No other goods face suchstringentcontrol.
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Stringentcontrolwas, however exercised over such purchases.
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This longitudinal design allowed the inclusion ofstringentcontrolvariables, as well as the examination of changes in the contribution of variables over time.
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But there is no simple answer by way of a morestringentcontrolon prices.
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There must be no lessstringentcontrolin respect of local authorities' spending.
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It is one in which we require, in the coming years,stringentcontrolof public expenditure.
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We also have to havestringentcontrolof public sector expenditure.
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I support the amendments made in plenary which deal with morestringentcontrolover capital.
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What we do advocate is a much morestringentcontrolof the prices of goods.
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There is no question but that we have to havestringentcontrolof public expenditure.
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One thinks of a slightly different situation where vessels are under morestringentcontrol.
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I do not know what "stringentcontrolof the money supply" means.
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This is, as is everything else, a matter of public expenditure, and that is understringentcontrol.
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Do they have a secret cash store to fund a glut, in these times ofstringentcontrolof public expenditure?
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Since then there has been astringentcontrolof money and it has not been possible to improve the position.
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The whole cook-chill process must be investigated and revised, with morestringentcontrolof temperature and sterility.
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So there is no question at all of there being lack of control on one side andstringentcontrolon the other.
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But even with the moststringentcontrolmeasures such a thing may happen, either because of fraud, or because of negligence, or whatever.
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In 1869 those houses were brought within the control of the justices, and in 1872 they were subjected to morestringentcontrol.
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It would be absurd to argue that the presentstringentcontrolof credit supply has not affected small firms in their activity.
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Their replication is to be understringentcontrol(low copy number) or relaxed (high copy number).
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