stringent demands
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstringentanddemand
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stringent
adjective
uk/ˈstrɪn.dʒənt/us/ˈstrɪn.dʒənt/
having a very severe effect, or being ...
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demand
noun
uk/dɪˈmɑːnd/us/dɪˈmænd/
a ...
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(Definition ofstringentanddemandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I was following him until he said these powers might not be needed; but if they were, it would be in the event of astringentdemandcontrol programme.
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Eighteenth-century composers, including reformers, balanced stringent demands for change with practical accommodations for singers.
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Nationalism at its first stage makes stringent demands on the individual.
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These days such stringent demands for adaptability and flexibility seem more characteristic of private speculative developments than of public buildings.
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The resulting high unemployment level and the stringent demands on the state to save money continued for more than a decade to prevent any realisation of what had been planned.
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New more stringent demands are made on appearance; and looking good becomes a mode of being good, or more important in believing oneself to be good.
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The companies are also being obliged to meet other stringent demands.
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European directives have increasingly imposed more stringent demands on the water companies.
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These officers were required to consider their judgment against the stringent demands of the burden of proof which then existed for such cases.
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If we do not make stringent demands and insist on them being met in full we will not actually achieve any real results.
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In effect, people were more willing to participate in a church that has more stringent demands on its members.
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All of these are very stringent demands.
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