tight constraints

collocation in English

meaningsoftightandconstraint

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tight
adjective
adverb
uk
/taɪt/us
/taɪt/
(held or kept together) firmly ...
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constraint
noun
uk
/kənˈstreɪnt/us
/kənˈstreɪnt/
something that controls what you do by keeping you within ...
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(Definition oftightandconstraintfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftight constraints

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In the economy with tight constraints, all agents are at the zero-bond constraint, but few agents are constrained in capital.
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We have got rid of the deficit through those tight constraints on public expenditure and through economic growth, and we are now in surplus.
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I get the impression that a ceiling is being applied, with fairly tight constraints on borrowing.
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It has to operate within very tight constraints on discharges.
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There are tight constraints on their behaviour in the heliport and in the aircraft.
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Given the tight constraints imposed on the supply of local housing, people are entitled to seek ways to redress the balance in their favour.
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Analogue switch-off will both remove the tight constraints on digital broadcasting that were introduced to prevent interference with analogue reception and free up precious frequency space.
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The reconstruction was carried out under tight constraints.
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Large transit timing variations helped to put tight constraints to masses of both planets.
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