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Since the fishing crew and its captain were arrested, China has continually ratcheted up the pressure to have them returned.

Though Sweden did not completely roll back its Norwegian-style openness, security has certainly been ratcheted up several notches.

In the US, it was an increase in overall leverage, base rates that slowly ratcheted up over five years, and reckless lending.

On top of that, the China Banking Regulatory Commission has steadily ratcheted up capital requirements.

Through an ongoing series of these activities, the application is ratcheted up until the finished solution is ready for delivery.

Fit Mighty-Tite onto any seat belt, lift the ratcheted handle a few times and easily remove unwanted slack for a tight car seat fit.

By flipping this field's polarity the DNA strand can be ratcheted along, one base pair at a time.

Officials from both Switzerland and Japan have ratcheted up the intervention rhetoric as their respective currencies continue to ascend.

the regulatory burden on businesses is also likely to be steadily ratcheted up , creating additional compliance costs.

During translation, RNA is moved along the ribosome as it switches between two states: ratcheted and non-ratcheted.

But ratcheted back the ruling of the Federal Circuit, possibly making business-method patents easier to receive than they were before.

Depending on the forecasts delivered in the next few weeks, that number may be ratcheted down.

Pyongyang has ratcheted up tensions in recent months, with a nuclear test and missile launches in defiance of UN resolutions.

The same is true for particles that tend to move randomly within cells but can be captured, or ratcheted, into performing useful work.

AS GREEK protests continued this week, European leaders ratcheted up the rhetoric.

Retail buyers ratcheted up purchases of coins, and institutions began taking physical delivery of the metal from exchanges.

The sinking has ratcheted up tensions between the two countries, which are technically still at war.

In monetary policy, interest rates ratcheted down and are now essentially at zero.

He also ratcheted down what victory in Afghanistan meant. Whereas the U.

Goldman Sachs last Wednesday ratcheted down its end-of-year prediction for the S&P 500 to 1250, from its previous forecast of 1400.

Earlier this year the government ratcheted up the pressure on foreign betting firms.

From that point, her search volume has ratcheted upward, in a series of peaks and valleys.

After consumer spending cooled in response to Fed rate increases, manufacturers ratcheted back, sending GDP down 3. 7%.

China had ratcheted up its rhetoric ahead of the sale.

"The more they earn, the more they tend to spend. So the oil price they need is ratcheted up, " Mr Drollas said.

Security has been ratcheted well past airport levels.

Have any of you ratcheted back your schedules or status at work?

If the mood has become overly optimistic, this is a period when expectations for corporate earnings get ratcheted lower.

The pressure on the Eurozone has been ratcheted up another notch because of the downgrade.

Washington and other capitals have ratcheted up threats of fresh sanctions as that deadline approaches.

Far more importantly, the PC-maker ratcheted down its forecast for sales growth to 1%-5%, from 5%-9%.

The central bank had rapidly ratcheted up the ratio, from 6 percent in August 2003 to 14. 5 percent in December and 17. 5 percent in June.

At the end of last year, regulators ratcheted up the provisioning level to 130 per cent of bad loans;