11.   The government has already introduced tougher laws on food hygiene and now it hopes the register will help council officers enforce them.

12.   Although some prosecutors and experts on treating sexual offenders question whether tougher laws are necessary or fair, mandatory life imprisonment laws for a second rape are spreading.

13.   And Constance Cleary was in Washington Thursday, lobbying Congress to pass tougher laws to help students stay aware of campus dangers and take precautions to protect themselves.

14.   And many other paper producers, responding to tougher environmental laws and the threat of litigation, are following the same pristine path.

15.   And Senator John F. Kerry has already urged his colleagues to follow the suit with an eye toward passing tougher antitrust laws.

16.   Anti-immigration activists are ecstatic about the prospects for tougher new laws.

17.   Armed with federal grant money, new equipment and tougher laws, hundreds more children now are being tested, and dozens of homes are being cleaned of lead.

18.   As governor, he favored tougher laws for drug offenders.

19.   As the investigation crosses the globe, Ashcroft is seeking tougher laws to hunt terrorists in America.

20.   At the same time, the public and lawmakers have called for tougher laws and sentences.