41.   Membership, he said, is subjected to strict criteria.

42.   Only nations meeting strict criteria on budget deficits, inflation and other financial indicators will be allowed to take part in that process.

43.   Shteinman said, however, strict criteria attached to the fund was making life difficult for thousands of Australian survivors who wanted to claim compensation.

44.   Several ministers were insisting on strict criteria for selecting which cattle to cull, though there was little prospect of resolving that question at the meeting.

45.   Setting strict criteria would be a difficult matter, even for countries with a strong commitment to human rights.

46.   Talk of slackening the strict financial criteria adds to their angst.

47.   The EU proposal includes strict scientific criteria to determine if food has been genetically modified.

48.   The code requires arms exporters to adopt strict criteria for weapons exports based on internationally recognized standards of human rights, democracy and peaceful international relations.

49.   The code would require arms exporters to adopt strict criteria for weapons exports based on internationally recognized standards of human rights, democracy and peaceful international relations.

50.   The eleven countries selected to participate in the single currency, the euro, had to meet strict economic criteria, and are required to maintain that rigor.