Thesaurus / stringency
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Talk of “guns” and “cold steel” replaced arguments based upon economic conditions and the stringency of the “bonds of Empire.”
THE EVOLUTION OF SINN FEINROBERT MITCHELL HENRYAt the start there were ample troops, ample equipment, and no financial stringency.
ESSAYS IN LIBERALISMVARIOUSI presume this cannot be fairly disposed of by suggesting that there has been some aggravated occasion for such stringency.
THE ARENAVARIOUSAfter a time I gathered that she suspected financial stringency as the cause, and I tried to set her mind at rest.
THE CONFESSIONMARY ROBERTS RINEHARTThe first year of Mr. Buchanan's administration was marked by a severe and widespread financial stringency.
THE LIFE AND WORK OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY (VOLUME 1 OF 2)IDA HUSTED HARPERThe rule excludes wrong conduct with two degrees of stringency.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 9, SLICE 7VARIOUSA complaint of stringency was abroad, from the ranks of those who starved to death up to the merchants and the lords themselves.
THE MERCY OF ALLAHHILAIRE BELLOCThese facts are worthy of notice, for there is a facile popular impression that Courts-Martial err on the side of stringency.
TYPES OF NAVAL OFFICERSA. T. MAHANThere is, moreover, nothing objectionable or anomalous in increasing as time goes on the stringency of criminal procedure.
ENGLAND'S CASE AGAINST HOME RULEALBERT VENN DICEYIt is due, however, to my mistress to say, that she did not adopt this course in all its stringency at the first.
MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOMFREDERICK DOUGLASSWORDS RELATED TO STRINGENCY
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