11.   Stringent criteria were used to select candidates for the program.

12.   Orthodox rabbis have final say on the issuance of marriage licenses and apply stringent religious criteria.

13.   Apart from fiscal measures, member states must also meet stringent criteria on inflation, interest rates and exchange rate stability.

14.   But local investors worried stringent economic restructuring criteria would produce more corporate collapses.

15.   Companies applying for a listing in the special section will be required to meet less stringent numerical criteria than those of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

16.   Israel relaxed its stringent criteria for the entry of West Bank Palestinians to Jerusalem, but beefed up security around the mosque compound.

17.   International aid agencies have criticized the two organizations for the stringent criteria and the length of time it takes them to determine eligibility.

18.   The assessment was based on very stringent criteria and stress-tested under extreme conditions.

19.   The budget makes steep cuts in social spending, which Prodi says are needed to meet the stringent criteria for the European Monetary Union.

20.   The plan makes steep cuts in social spending, which Prodi says are needed to meet the stringent criteria for European Monetary Union.