1.   An advisory panel to the Finance Ministry proposed stricter guidelines for closing down troubled lenders, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported.

2.   And in the longer term, conforming with stricter environmental guidelines will transform the oil industry.

3.   Because of the stricter guidelines, fewer people have come to the Emergency Assistance Unit, which is chronically overcrowded.

4.   But even with strict regulations governing output, added pollution from new plants could force state and local governments to impose even stricter guidelines on older sources of pollution.

5.   But other cities, because of stricter federal guidelines this year, may join Atlanta on the dirty air list.

6.   China recently adopted stricter guidelines on vehicle emissions.

7.   Carolyn Nunery, the school board president, argued for stricter guidelines.

8.   Consumer Reports has petitioned the federal highway safety agency to adhere to stricter guidelines.

9.   Finally, it creates far stricter guidelines in classifying new documents.

10.   He cited stricter sentencing guidelines as the main reason more prison space is needed.