Synonym: rigorous, tight. Similar words: string, contingent, pungent, ingenuity, ingenuous, in general, infringe, tangential. Meaning: ['strɪndʒənt] adj. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.
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31. But from August the test will be more stringent and the price will rocket to £1,500.
32. It is less stringent than the spin selection rule, partly because the mechanisms for getting round it are more effective.
33. This is already being openly described as the most stringent exercise in public spending constraints for decades.
34. Every link in the egg production chain is now covered by stringent controls.
35. California outlaws exhaust emissions California is to introduce vehicle emission standards even tougher than the stringent levels already proposed for 1997.
36. Now, for the first time, fixed though often not very stringent criteria for appointment began to play a significant role.
37. California law is more stringent, requiring that overtime must be paid to anyone working more than eight hours in a day.
38. If company policies are too stringent or punitive, couples simply go underground.
39. But not even the most stringent economies could halt the march of the inevitable.
40. Rowntree's stringent poverty line produced remarkably similar results to those of Booth.
41. Nevertheless, the stringent regimen that was normality for many - even in a lavish burg - was staggering back towards normal.
42. Many low income families may still face enforcement action through private bailiffs at the door, rather than less stringent repayment methods.
43. In honest, carefully done scientific work, there is no compromise on stringent requirements for the conduct and interpretation of research.
44. New and more stringent financial constraints and other commercial pressures on management required appropriate organizational channels through which to take effect.
45. For example,(sentencedict.com/stringent.html) the restrictions on loans or credit facilities granted by companies to their directors are much more stringent.
46. Ten Network is widely expected to float this year. Less stringent foreign ownership limits would increase the float options available.
47. The suggestion is that the central core area should be absolutely sacrosanct with slightly less stringent restrictions as you spread outward.
48. The great strides forward by the manufacturers led to stringent controls over sizes of engine, car etc, which changed regularly.
49. Obviously, the more detailed it is, the more stringent is the seller's obligation to supply goods corresponding with it.
50. We would like to see closer control, and checks should be more stringent and more frequent.
51. Article 5 allows more stringent control of tobacco advertising by Member States if they wish.
52. It is proposing stringent measures, underlining the urgent need for a change of attitude among lawyers.
53. It is built to meet our own stringent stringent standards and more importantly, to satisfy your own exacting demands.
54. Some conversions that were done a long time ago would not pass today's stringent building regulations.
55. But lawmakers could vote for a more stringent penalty when the recommendation reaches the House floor.
56. Not for a moment do I want our standards to drop and I entirely advocate the stringent standards of the Recruitment Committee.
57. Nevertheless, the Act allowed states to set more stringent standards if they wished to do so.
58. Bennett said he used more stringent criteria to determine whether independents would actually vote in the primary.
59. These checks are ongoing, ensuring that companies maintain the stringent quality requirements.
60. These must be subject to even more stringent criticism and testing.
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