51.   Now, on some Delta flights, even high-paying first-class passengers have to tighten their belts.

52.   Part of that plan involves getting the U.N. to tighten its belt.

53.   People are clamoring for a minimum-wage raise after years of being asked by the previous president, Ernesto Zedillo, to tighten their belts.

54.   Professional dancers are hardly in a position to tighten their belts.

55.   Prince Jefri may be finally tightening his belt, too.

56.   Roberto Xicohtencatl, the union representative, said the workers were willing to tighten their belts even more until the situation improved.

57.   Still, it feels different if you tighten your own belt rather than have someone else cinch it up.

58.   Television networks are also tightening their belts.

59.   The agency has ruffled feathers at the World Bank by criticizing the bank for its lofty advice to peasant nations on how to tighten their belts.

v. + belt >>共 182
tighten 25.00%
wear 8.45%
use 5.52%
remove 2.41%
loosen 1.90%
have 1.90%
buckle 1.72%
lose 1.72%
take 1.55%
keep 1.55%
tighten + n. >>共 318
security 19.50%
control 10.45%
grip 4.95%
rule 4.84%
restriction 3.80%
belt 3.70%
law 3.42%
credit 3.21%
policy 2.96%
regulation 2.85%
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