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Analysts say the sanctions aimed at clamping down on luxury goods will crimp Mr Kim's ability to pamper those who keep him in power.

The state was avowedly secular and went further than any other Arab country in clamping down on signs of religiosity.

Don't kill your action and follow-through by clamping down on your grip hand, trying to get more power.

Moscow is keen to be seen to be clamping down on smuggling as part of its long-running campaign to join the World Trade Organization.

The government has been clamping down on various sites for months in the name of a campaign against "vulgar" online content.

You may need to push down slightly on her lower gums to keep her from clamping down on you.

But whatever its short-term usefulness for clamping down on inflation, monetarism proved an unreliable lodestar for steering the economy.

The Iranian government is clamping down on foreign media coverage of demonstrations by imposing severe restrictions.

Painful though higher taxes will be, the hardest job of the coalition government will be clamping down on spending.

But he also established a tightly managed democracy, clamping down on political opposition and press freedoms.

Around the world regulators are clamping down on banking bonuses.

Clamping down on bonuses might further damage the ability of New York and London to compete.

Regulators are clamping down on these institutions, forcing them to raise capital and scale back lending.

As word gets around that people are buying DCA to use as a drug, suppliers of the chemical are clamping down for fear of breaking the law.

For many Americans, clamping down on banks is almost as big a concern as jobs, says Ted Kaufman, a Democratic senator.

But the team warned that Greece's attempts to boost revenues by clamping down on tax evasion were not meeting targets.

All parties have agreed to interim reforms meanwhile, clamping down on what MPs can claim for.

But in the face of the American threat, the hardliners began clamping down capriciously.

All three age groups were equally good at clamping down on their emotional responses when they had to.

New Delhi has also been clamping down on visas for engineers and other staff needed to install Chinese equipment.

This is why the idea, and not the actual policies, of clamping down on anti-social behaviour builds on a genuine insight .

The government has responded aggressively to contain inflation by clamping down on growth in monetary aggregates and bank credit.

The most high profile pre-Olympic effort has focused on clamping down on spitting.

Clamping down on abuses in the immigration system is popular in Canada.

Both clamping down on him. He got stomped there.

Few Libyans say openly that they back Mr Belhaj, but he is impressing people by clamping down on unregistered guns.

Our institute is clamping down on those who often play truant.

Beijing is clamping down on motor speeders.

Clamping down on corrupt real estate lenders is another way to make sure credit ends up where it is supposed to.

The government has made every effort in clamping down on drag transportation and smuggling.

The government is clamping down on lending for second homes as a way to cool a surge in housing costs.

In 1994 the government began clamping down on religious symbols, including the Muslim headscarf, in state schools.

If disclosure was coming, then why are governments clamping down even harder on our freedoms ?

Clamping down too hard on pirates may also encourage people to switch to free, open-source alternatives.

But as inflows surge, Beijing is once again clamping down.

the result from lining clamping down are some examples of slip (caused by running paper), resulting in pressure on UN-uniform in its mouth.

According to North Korea watchers, border police began clamping down on widespread smuggling last year.

With China Clamping Down on Rare-Earth Metals, Japanese Manufacturers Devise Clever Alternatives

The Federal Trade Commission is clamping down on websites and mobile apps that collect information from children,

"That, " he says, "would contradict this idea of clamping down on luxury goods. " To top of page