Sentences with phrase «by clamping down»

American foreign - policy bureaucracies have and will continue to respond to WikiLeaks by clamping down on the dissemination of information.

Last year, the federal government's budget took aim at small businesses by clamping down on ways to maximize the small business deduction.

China's coal drive is part of a larger energy - driven investment policy that follows its attempt to reduce carbon emissions by clamping down on the coal industry and pledging to increase investments in renewables.

29 September 2015 Brazil has already slashed its greenhouse - gas emissions more than the entire European Union has, mostly by clamping down on deforestation.

Countries with thriving economies will, in the long run, be more adaptive to climate change and will find more technological solutions than countries that hamstring themselves by clamping down on greenhouse emissions.

They dare not paralyze industry and the economy by clamping down draconian measures.

We don't know whether the use of exclusionary discipline causes school climates to deteriorate, or if administrators respond to unruly climates by clamping down on school discipline.

In the past, if sex has been painful, your vagina may be conditioned to react by clamping down during penetration.

Two industrial byproducts on the list, dioxins and furans, will be reduced right away and eliminated «where feasible,» for example, by clamping down on open trash burning.

Obama is trying to cut US greenhouse gas emissions — for example, by clamping down on emissions from power stations.

As his predecessor as chairman of the BBC Trust admitted controversial payoffs to senior executives were «eye - watering», Lord Patten confessed he had failed to protect the interests of the licence - fee payer by clamping down on the issue earlier.»

Another terror attack allows Cameron to revive his support for the snoopers» charter - but you don't save free speech by clamping down on it

In each and every one of these cases, people want us to do what the terrorists want: Firstly, by a panicked response undertaken during a highly emotional time; secondly, by turning against one another and blaming refugees and Muslims; thirdly, by clamping down on our freedoms, whether of movement or communication; and finally by making our foreign policy — whether it is a retreat or a doubling up — responsive to the apocalyptic hysteria of a bunch of fascists.

Critics have questioned the party's claim that up to # 4bn could be raised by clamping down on tax avoidance.

My daughter tried to control the flow by clamping down with her shallow latch, causing me extreme pain.

By clamping down on the ICO sector, China may be warding off bigger financial troubles for consumers down the line.

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Bitcoin skidded a further 12 % on Wednesday, marking an almost halving in value from its peak price, with investors spooked by fears regulators could clamp down on the volatile cryptocurrency that skyrocketed last year.

Pareteum Corp. fell as much as 25 percent as of 10:16 a.m. in New York, while Digital Power Corp. and LongFin Corp. each slipped more than 6 percent after South Korea's government said it wanted to clamp down on speculation, potentially by shutting down some exchanges.

One way in which Adform suggests the industry clamps down on ad fraud is by using ads.txt, a tool created by the Interactive Advertising Bureau to protect buyers and sellers of online advertising.

Some UK shell companies under offshore control may be skirting new rules which were designed to clamp down on corruption and tax evasion by forcing businesses to reveal their true owners, a Reuters analysis of corporate filings shows.

Nonetheless, Trump appears unmoved by nationwide protests or any other signs of oppositions against clamping down on immigration, which leads me to wonder what are the risks that America, particularly tech executives, see that Trump does not?

Chinese officials have begun to clamp down on prolific deal makers like Anbang, whose chairman was recently detained by the police for undisclosed reasons.

«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.

The Dodd - Frank financial reform law, passed by Washington in the wake of the financial crisis, does call on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to clamp down on excessive speculation in futures markets.

«When you have freedom of speech and freedom of expression and don't get thrown in jail by criticizing a bad idea, it's more likely bad ideas will get exposed, and it's not a coincidence oppressive regimes are also oppressive in clamping down on free speech.»

«It is another attempt by a Government to clamp down on free speech in the guise of combating extremism.

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.»

In a post posted by TWE on its Chinese WeChat, the company praised the local police work on clamping down fake wines, and added that the group is going to step up its efforts to protect its intellectual property rights in mainland China and work closely with local police to protect consumer rights.

Unfortunately for followers of Brazilian football, those incidents have become significantly more frequent recently thanks to a clamp down on accidental handballs by the country's FA.

He decided to come back because it suited him When he joined Chelsea he didn't esitate to throw Wenger under the bus he even went to mention Ozil by name several times knowing fully well he was struggling and that people would clamp down on that you guys think he would have been shouting he ditched me for Sancez with the way Alexis is playing now

I went to see three more lactation specialists and was told by one that my baby had a strong «clamp - down» reflex and sometimes this was just an issue that couldn't always be fixed.

If your baby is clamping down when he begins to nurse, simply unlatch him, using your pinky to gently break the suction by pulling on the corner of his mouth.

So if you are hovering out of a general lack of swagger, then there is a chance that you are putting the clamp down on your child's development by robbing them of opportunities to venture forth and grow.

As the uterus contracts, the blood vessels clamp down and prevent excessive blood loss, helping to ensure the mother's survival by preventing postpartum hemorrhage.

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

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.

Labour would clamp down on tax credits claimed by working EU migrants, it announced, as the main parties scramble to prove they are tough on immigration.

We think nothing of the inconvenience caused by all - night queues outside the Apple store or the disruption on Saturday afternoons as football crowds disperse, yet we clamour for a clamp down when a march causes temporary street closures.

Settlements expand Jewish influence in the West Bank and relieve Israel from housing shortages; the separation wall cuts off Jerusalem's Arabs from Ramallah and the rest of the West Bank; and the on - going control of Gaza by Hamas's extremists justifies Israel's harsh clamp down on West Bank inhabitants.

The financially strapped NYCHA, by its nature, is intimately tied to Mr. de Blasio's ambitions for below - market housing and for a policing policy that clamps down on crime with a softer, kinder hand.

The Lagos State Government had last Wednesday said that it has stepped up efforts to clamp down on illegal jetty and boat operators in the State in a renewed effort to stem the tide of boat mishaps often caused by illegal operations on the inland waterways.

In order to pay for these reforms, Miliband said, Labour would clamp down on tax avoidance — including by the hedge funds — and raise over # 1bn.

Known as the National Red Friday, the day was declared by the coalition to demonstrate their anger against the illegal activities and thereby draw public attention and sensitise them to the government's action to clamp down on galamsey activities throughout the country.

He set out that free movement of people would end, and that Labour would clamp down on the use of migrant labour by employment agencies to undercut British workers - a party commitment dating back to Ed Miliband's leadership.

The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, has refuted assertions the clamp down by government and its agencies on Exton Cubic Group Limited are politically motivated.

The government has since taken a number of actions including suspending the issuance of new licences for the small - scale mining in the country, and it has announced the retrieval of some illegal mining equipment, surrendered by the operators following the massive drive to clamp down on their activities.

[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?

Under Quinn's leadership, the Council passed legislation that expanded the number of minority - and women - owned businesses and enterprises that can participate in city contracts, a disclosure law to clamp down on pregnancy service centers operated by anti-choice groups that trick women seeking reproductive health services and legislation that levies penalties on drivers who promote prostitution.

Cabinet minister Eric Pickles has vowed to clamp down on a «back - door parking tax» to allow homeowners to cash in by turning their driveway into a car park.

ITI Energy's system, designed by Oreada, Ltd., also based in Scotland, is made up of two friction clamps, connected by a hydraulic structure that allows caterpillar - like motion up and down the turbine tower (pdf).