adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
strict/stringent/tough
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The regulations surrounding the handling of nuclear waste are very strict.
stringent/strict/rigorous/tough standards (= high standards that are difficult to reach )
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The Marines’ rigorous standards mean that only a small proportion of applicants are successful.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
less
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The suggestion is that the central core area should be absolutely sacrosanct with slightly less stringent restrictions as you spread outward.
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Ten Network is widely expected to float this year. Less stringent foreign ownership limits would increase the float options available.
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It is less stringent than the spin selection rule, partly because the mechanisms for getting round it are more effective.
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State rules governing independent candidates are less stringent than rules for third parties.
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Precautions for experimental animals will inevitably be less stringent to allow access to scientists and their technicians.
more
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However, in many cases they are not entirely necessary, and their use replaces more stringent hygiene procedures.
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Bennett said he used more stringent criteria to determine whether independents would actually vote in the primary.
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These must be subject to even more stringent criticism and testing.
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Urine is processed separately through a more stringent filtration process than the waste water.
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For example, the restrictions on loans or credit facilities granted by companies to their directors are much more stringent .
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Federal agencies are more stringent in terms of guidelines, but equally concerned with specific goals and agency objectives.
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We would like to see closer control, and checks should be more stringent and more frequent.
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But lawmakers could vote for a more stringent penalty when the recommendation reaches the House floor.
most
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As a result, some countries are now slightly relaxing their most stringent controls.
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But not even the most stringent economies could halt the march of the inevitable.
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The news can not be suppressed despite the most stringent efforts to maintain secrecy.
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The auditors save their most stringent criticism for poor workmanship and inadequate supervision by the ministry.
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The most stringent standards are applied to safety, transport and environmental protection.
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The state has some of the most stringent air quality regulations in the world.
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This is already being openly described as the most stringent exercise in public spending constraints for decades.
■ NOUN
control
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As a result, some countries are now slightly relaxing their most stringent controls .
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Even with stringent controls for partisanship and ideology, multiple regression analyses show that the press had a significant influence on preferences.
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Every link in the egg production chain is now covered by stringent controls .
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Article 5 allows more stringent control of tobacco advertising by Member States if they wish.
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Bedtime viewing, however, is subject to more stringent controls .
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The great strides forward by the manufacturers led to stringent controls over sizes of engine, car etc, which changed regularly.
criteria
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Now, for the first time, fixed though often not very stringent criteria for appointment began to play a significant role.
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Bennett said he used more stringent criteria to determine whether independents would actually vote in the primary.
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The scheme has stringent criteria for domestic commitments.
regulation
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Until recently company law, with its relative freedom from stringent regulations , reflected this national belief.
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Edward Heath's Conservative government adopted stringent regulations to restrict increases in wages.
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In the latter year more stringent regulations reduced the flow, but has not ended it.
requirement
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If we can satisfy the stringent requirements of the number system then we have established a scale of measurement.
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In honest, carefully done scientific work, there is no compromise on stringent requirements for the conduct and interpretation of research.
rule
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Parents must comply with the stringent rules for vehicular access, which are explained in a Headmaster's letter.
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No other trade association is subject to such stringent rules , a tobacco industry spokesman said.
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Queensland set stringent rules concerning diving on the reef.
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Other couples are coping with the same stringent rules .
safety
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There are stringent safety rules governing practical shooting and, as far as Kjell is aware, the sport has an accident-free record.
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Since the King's Cross fire of 1987, London Underground has been forced to adopt certain stringent safety measures.
standard
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It is built to meet our own stringent stringent standards and more importantly, to satisfy your own exacting demands.
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Such a stringent standard would be politically and economically impossible.
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The most stringent standards are applied to safety, transport and environmental protection.
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Nevertheless, the Act allowed states to set more stringent standards if they wished to do so.
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Not for a moment do I want our standards to drop and I entirely advocate the stringent standards of the Recruitment Committee.
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Some publishers maintain traditionally stringent standards , but others, in a competitive market, are relaxed about quality control.
test
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A panel of six judges will choose winners after a series of stringent tests .
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And indeed, I do subject each new species I find to a set of stringent tests .
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Accurate planetary observations being collected today will in time lead to more stringent tests for a tenth planet.
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He spoke the truth but not until it had been subjected to the most stringent test - himself!
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It claims that the stringent tests applied to chemical additives would lead to unacceptable delays in the introduction of genetically-altered foods.
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The government has imposed increasingly stringent tests on those in receipt of unemployment benefit.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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stringent air safety regulations
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stringent anti-noise regulations
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There are now stringent controls on pollution from all power stations.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Along with automated verification, there were stringent penalties for lying.
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It also is important to note that admissions criteria differ from program to program, with some more stringent than others.
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Now, for the first time, fixed though often not very stringent criteria for appointment began to play a significant role.
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Parents must comply with the stringent rules for vehicular access, which are explained in a Headmaster's letter.
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Prices are now falling slightly after stringent budget-deficit cuts.
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The wording of the code includes some fairly stringent conditions.
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This was not the relaxed professionalism of the man of letters, but the stringent new professionalism of the academy.
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Urine is processed separately through a more stringent filtration process than the waste water.