Sentences with phrase «at clamping down»

The police launched «Operation Father Christmas» which was aimed at clamping down on the importation, sale and use of fire crackers this Christmas season

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Bitcoin, the largest crypto, is down more than 70 % from its all - time highs set at the end of 2017, as regulators look to clamp down on exchanges and tech companies shun advertisements related to the nascent digital coin market.

The funding comes at a time when the SEC is increasingly clamping down on crypto - related frauds and scams.

Vice-premier Zhang Gaoli said at a taxation forum in Beijing on Wednesday that China had called for greater international cooperation to clamp down on tax avoidance and evasion.

Future American laws limiting information sharing with China could clamp down on the U.S. technology sector, said John Vinh, equity research analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets.

«The fetishizing of austerity by European leaders, clamping down on growth so severely, may create political backlash that will not be manageable,» said Kathleen R. McNamara, director of the Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown University.

Europe is taking some pretty significant steps in clamping down on Facebook and big tech at large.

You may be tempted to clamp down on what you know to be true and weather the storm of your graduate experience without seriously examining what you believe at all.

Takana, a rabbinic forum established in 2003 to clamp down on s - exual misconduct by Orthodox educators, went public February 15 with allegations that Mordechai «Moti» Elon had taken advantage of his influence over male students and performed «acts at odds with sacred and moral values.»

Shipments of Australian products could be turned back at the Chinese border, industry insiders fear, as confusion reigns over Beijing's clamp down on online sales.

Team marks woven into clamp label sewn down at bottom hem.

-- How the referee didn't clamp down on Stoke fouling, often not giving a foul at all, when in actual fact a lot of Stoke fouling was not accidental but «professional» and deserved a yellow card.

Second, the suckling action of the baby at the breast helps the surrogate's uterus clamp down and contract, which minimizes her post-birth bleeding.

He may clamp down then release then clamp down again chewing at the nipple to get squirts of milk by compression.

But if your baby is choking, gagging, or gasping at the start of the feed, or if he clamps down on the nipple or keeps pulling off, it may well mean he is getting too much milk too fast.

Despite its innocuous title, the Statute Law represented an attempt by the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta to clamp down on the activities of civil society groups that had supported his prosecution at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

The former was a well - meaning attempt to clamp down on sectarian singing at Scottish football grounds.

Focusing on promoting an open, transparent and democratic dialogue, and protecting those at risk of being attacked for their opinions instead of monitoring or clamping down on freedom of expression and privacy online;

«If President Muhammadu Buhari is at all serious about clamping down on hate speech, he should arrest those behind the «quit notice» along with their sponsors,» IPOB said.

Over half the British public cited crime as a key national issue at that point in time, reflecting widespread reaction to the tragic, high profile murders of Rhys Jones and Garry Newlove as well as significant resonance with calls to clamp down on anti-social behaviour and hoodies.

[10] On 22 November 2017, it was revealed that Juppé met with Macron for lunch at the Élysée, but attempted to clamp down on speculation by tweeting «Common list with E. Macron for the European elections?

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, has indicated he would be open to smaller cost - savings for retirement plans such as clamping down on waste and abuse within the system, but remained uneasy at the idea of a new tier so soon after the passage of Tier Five during the Paterson administration.

Meanwhile, Head of Public Affairs at the Food and Drugs Authority, James Lartey, says it will take conscious education and law enforcement to clamp down on the abuse of Tramadol.

Likewise, the Lib Dem reliance on # 13bn of new tax revenues (including # 7bn via clamping down on avoidance) is at odds with Chancellor George Osborne's argument that his plan requires no new tax rises (beyond # 5bn of estimated anti-avoidance savings).

Clamping down on illegal mining came second at 37.2 percent, then behind that, restoration of Teacher and Nursing allowance is 36.5 percent.

Fred Oware, the Chief Executive Officer of the BPA, expressed discomfort at the activities of the illegal miners and assured that the Authority would collaborate with relevant institutions to clamp down on them.

Primatologist Susan Perry in the anthropology department at the University of California, Los Angeles, and her colleagues have seen capuchin monkeys bite one another in careful, seemingly ritualistic ways, clamping down on fingers hard enough to trap them but apparently causing no pain.

When it comes to food grown at home, the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have greater reach to find problems and the teeth to clamp down.

The lion might have used those forelimbs to clamp down on a victim's throat, says Chris Johnson at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia.

They are adept at calming things down, too, clamping down on inflammation if it gets out of hand.

«This suggests that the rate - limiting step may be the speed at which the enzyme can reopen and then clamp down on a new morsel rather than the time it takes to chew something up,» said Tang.

It's also perfect for people at home that have trouble curling their own hair — all you have to do is stick a section of hair between the indented plates and clamp down.»

For example, we know that any stressor makes you burn more sugars and less fats at the same heart rate (because stress hormones up sugar metabolism, which clamps down on fat metabolism).

With your eyelash curler as close to your lash line as possible, clamp down gently, holding it out at a 45 degree angle, and continue to pump the curler without ever letting it fully open up and release from your lashes.

Curl from root to tip, clamping down 3 times at each level.

At a time when Russia is once again rattling its international sabre, and clamping down on civil liberties, a documentary exploring one Soviet writer's persecution at the hands of Stalin and the U.S.S.R.'s secret police feels all - too timelAt a time when Russia is once again rattling its international sabre, and clamping down on civil liberties, a documentary exploring one Soviet writer's persecution at the hands of Stalin and the U.S.S.R.'s secret police feels all - too timelat the hands of Stalin and the U.S.S.R.'s secret police feels all - too timely.

When we were on a high speed blast and suddenly hit a go slow zone, the GT's brakes — the biggest iron units ever fitted to a Bentley at roughly 16.5 - inches in front with 10 - piston calipers clamping down on them — hauled it down with authority and without a bunch of clutch and grab in the process.

Despite my greatest efforts, the game never gets old: Gun it, giggle like a schoolboy as I charge ahead at warp speed, then hit the brakes, which fills the rearview with the spoiler - cum - airbrake as the carbon stoppers clamp down and scrub away velocity.

By getting the engine management system to clamp the wastegate down just a little longer on the twin turbos, the GT V8 S now hits a peak of 521 hp at 6,000 rpm and shovels out torque of 502 lb - ft all the way from 1,700 to 5,000 rpm.

It regenerates energy for the battery whenever you brake lightly before the 10 - piston front calipers clamp down on the carbon - ceramic discs, which means you're doing two different jobs at different brake - pedal pressures.

The brake system consists of four - piston calipers clamping down on cross-drilled and ventilated discs at all corners.

Inside all four wheels there are four - piston performance brake calipers developed by Brembo (finished in gloss black), which clamp down on 360 mm x 32 mm ventilated discs up front, and 350 mm x 28 mm ventilated discs at the rear.

At the other end of the spectrum, braking power is substantial, whether clamping down from speed or merely stopping short in boxed - in traffic.

The Q7 gets six - piston, aluminium brake calipers up front, clamping down on 375 mm front discs (the eco versions have 350 mm), with 350 mm discs at the rear.

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It smoothly dispenses one bag at a time, clamping down on the rest for safekeeping.

Put the systems in place now, figure out what the bugs are and if it turns out the next ten years of data and research show we are in deep trouble then at least we have a head start on clamping down on CO2.

The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, the latest agency subjected to controls on research that might go against official policy.

We're hardly a month into a new administration, and at least from an environmental perspective, it's hard to believe that this is the same country we're talking about: clamping down on coal, leading negotiations to create a multinational treaty to cut mercury emissions, and now, nationwide greenhouse gas regulations on cars?

Amongst his proposals was to clamp down on «gazumping» which sees a buyer lose out on a property at the last minute...