adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a strict code
▪ In future we will have to abide by a strict code of environmental standards.
a strict condition
▪ The US agreed to give financial aid, with a number of strict conditions.
a strict criterion (=very exact)
▪ All the cars must meet strict criteria, and are tested by our mechanics.
a strict deadline (=a time or date when something must definitely be finished)
▪ We're working to a very strict deadline.
a strict diet (=in which you eat a very limited amount or range of food)
▪ She followed a strict diet for several weeks.
a strict embargo (=one that must be obeyed)
▪ The new measures include a strict embargo on fuel.
a strict limit
▪ There are strict limits on spending.
a strict upbringing
▪ He reacted violently against his strict upbringing.
clear/strict guidelines
▪ Today most planning authorities enforce fairly strict guidelines on new houses.
rigorous/strict scrutiny (=very careful and thorough)
▪ This system has been subject to rigorous scrutiny.
severe/strict restrictions
▪ The regime had put severe restrictions upon the media.
strict disciplinarian
▪ Dad was a strict disciplinarian.
strict discipline (=very firm and not always reasonable or kind)
▪ Some parents complained about the school's strict discipline.
strict orders
▪ They had strict orders not to allow anyone through.
strict principles
▪ Rosa is a woman of strict moral principles.
strict supervision
▪ Beginners should only attempt these exercises under strict supervision in a gym.
strict
▪ They have very strict rules about gambling.
strict/rigid/slavish adherence
▪ strict adherence to Judaic law
strict/stringent/tough
▪ The regulations surrounding the handling of nuclear waste are very strict.
strict/tough
▪ the country’s strict anti-tobacco laws
stringent/strict/rigorous/tough standards (=high standards that are difficult to reach)
▪ The Marines’ rigorous standards mean that only a small proportion of applicants are successful.
tight/strict (=good security, so that something is very safe)
▪ The event passed off peacefully, amid tight security.
tough/strict sanctions (=severe)
▪ Due to strict sanctions, the country is unable to import the medicines it needs.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ Enforceability Though the agencies do not regard standards as strict limits, their enforceability is important.
▪ Although Peters based her diet on what she viewed as strict science, the moral lesson was clear.
▪ She was never as strict as his Dad and she didn't like him getting in the way in the waiting-room.
▪ The rules of a factory may be written down and serve as strict regulators of behaviour.
much
▪ Similar reasoning occurs in the criminal law; for example, liability for death is much stricter than liability for theft.
▪ The Church's system is much stricter and more comprehensive.
▪ In practice, any single investigation will have much stricter data requirements than this rather general list.
so
▪ Rostov understood why the precautions which had been taken to quarantine Tarvaras were so strict.
▪ The limits on cash withdrawals were so strict that many companies found themselves without cash even to pay wages.
▪ But it's so strict that it's impossible not to think about it sometimes.
▪ They're not so strict doing actual work, and those sort of things, I think.
▪ You shouldn't be so strict with yourself.
too
▪ Colleges and universities were advised to strengthen discipline, already considered too strict by many students, and step up ideological work.
▪ She felt Tom was too strict and punitive, particularly for Scott.
▪ I think she was frightened to be too strict.
▪ Other parents fear that they may displease, and therefore lose the love of, their children if they are too strict.
▪ The service industry has pleaded with some local governments not to be too strict.
▪ Labov's rider to these conditions is however worth quoting in full: The requirement as stated is too strict.
▪ But it may be that I am taking too strict a line here.
under
▪ And the 22-year-old is under strict orders from manager Brian Little to lay off the physical stuff.
very
▪ I am trying to keep to a very strict timetable.
▪ For instance, some countries have very strict pornographic laws.
▪ He was a very strict Catholic.
▪ You can give away things like this and have very strict restrictions on them.
▪ The Town Council was then, as now, very strict in the matter of public morality.
▪ His father was very strict and unyielding.
▪ The council have a very strict rule that homeless people are only allowed one offer of a council house.
▪ The librarians have very strict rules.
■ NOUN
adherence
▪ Deep anxiety may cause obsessive behaviour, fanaticism or a strict adherence to religion for the wrong reasons.
▪ Emphasis should be placed on strict adherence to a policy of changing into protective clothing before conducting a post-mortem examination.
code
▪ No questions were asked as long as recruits accepted the harsh conditions and the unit's strict code of honour.
▪ He had an extremely strict code of conduct for himself and a lenient one for others.
▪ The scathing attack from consumer watchdogs comes only months after the introduction of a strict code of practice designed to improve services.
▪ All students are informed by their instructor of the strict code of taekwondo.
confidence
▪ There is nothing magical or mystical about the process, and the results are shared in strictest confidence.
▪ Because the questionnaire was conducted in strict confidence some took this opportunity to express their thoughts.
▪ They are expert at handling situations like this in strict confidence.
▪ Anything you tell me will be in strict confidence if it's got nothing to do with our enquiries.
▪ Anyone who can help should telephone, extension 3045 in strict confidence.
▪ The prisoners were assured that the findings would be held in the strictest confidence.
▪ Naturally I approached Bates in the strictest confidence, but all too quickly I learned that he is just a gin-sodden loud-mouth.
▪ I can assure you that any information given during the interview will be treated in the strictest confidence.
control
▪ The system would probably need strict control of money supply too, keeping its growth in line with national wealth.
▪ In contrast, the military maintained strict control over the information that was available during the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
▪ Within his government he maintained strict control over the formulation of policy, a control which tightened as the crisis wore on.
▪ For this reason, and because there are very strict controls, animals are only used in research when absolutely necessary.
▪ This was leaked to the media, who began to clamour for stricter control.
▪ No capping, but strict control of local government spending.
▪ He's now on the loose but under strict control.
▪ Nineteen different measures incorporate strict controls on feed suppliers, breeding and laying flocks.
criteria
▪ It involves using strict criteria for admission, such as failure in a nursing home or extreme restlessness and aggression.
▪ Other researchers use less strict criteria and claim to find competence where Piagetians, using their criterion, do not.
▪ All the clubs invited meet strict criteria relating to facilities, number of teams run, colts infrastructure and overall organisation.
▪ They all produce rugs to order, with strict criteria laid down to govern the sizes, colours, designs and qualities.
▪ Their cars must meet strict criteria, and are tested by our mechanics.
deadline
▪ Groups will also need to organise themselves and delegate different tasks in order to produce their newspaper by a strict deadline.
diet
▪ If you are on a strict diet, leave the salmon, mackerel, kippers and herring for the moment.
▪ But Clinton showed that hundreds of federal programs will be on a strict diet during the struggle to eliminate the federal deficit.
▪ Gooch has led the way with monumental batting efforts and a strict diet of training and practice that leaves younger men breathless.
▪ Even a trip to the supermarket would be difficult unless you're on a strict diet.
disciplinarian
▪ Superintendent Robertson did not care about the mutterings from the lower ranks against her strict disciplinarian attitude.
▪ From what Mama told me, Admiral Makarov was a strict disciplinarian, and Dad hated him.
▪ Mr. Russ was an excellent teacher - a fair man, but whilst a strict disciplinarian, was kindly.
discipline
▪ The strictest discipline would be enforced.
▪ Denney created an atmosphere of strict discipline that was resented and bitterly contested by patients for years.
▪ They evidently prefer strict discipline and central control to fair competition.
▪ Daley was enrolled in the elementary school at the Nativity Church, under the strict discipline of the nuns.
▪ It is a strict discipline upon which to build.
▪ The rule of the Shoguns was feasible, of course, only under strict discipline and what amounted to a police state.
▪ There was strict discipline and we weren't allowed to make any noise in case we were heard.
▪ Such an effort requires tight organization and strict discipline from lawmakers who are accustomed to putting their own political concerns first.
enforcement
▪ And an extended payments schedule might well recover the debt more surely than strict enforcement - which might instead precipitate financial collapse.
guidelines
▪ Although some apply strict guidelines, others contract out their surveillance to private security companies.
▪ Operations of this kind should only be undertaken by the intelligence services, and then only under the strictest guidelines.
▪ But I've also laid down strict guidelines on how much time he can spend at the screen.
▪ The managerial controls and the strict guidelines have played their part.
▪ It allows for subjectivity and freedom of opinion within fairly strict guidelines.
▪ Our parents search for strict guidelines to help heal their confused feelings towards us.
▪ They can, however, offer effective pain relief for very sick neonates, provided strict guidelines are adhered to.
hierarchy
▪ Figure 2.2 reflects an organisation without a strict hierarchy where everyone is working quite independently.
▪ Operation Rescue was an organization with a strict hierarchy of command.
▪ In the strict hierarchy of the Catalan countryside these peasant farmer families almost ranked as a petty nobility.
▪ There seemed to be a strict hierarchy of beauty and desirability.
▪ Forward-thinking organisations have restructured themselves so that adherence to strict hierarchy and title is less significant.
instruction
▪ Leaving her amour with strict instructions on how to find her, she retired to bed and waited.
▪ Takat had given him strict instructions to exercise the beasts every day and to follow through with the routine.
▪ This they avoided as they followed their Head Girl's strict instructions to keep out of the rough areas.
interpretation
▪ Imagination and artistic creation are also, according to a strict interpretation of Freudian theory, neurotic symptoms.
▪ After Los amantes de Teruel, there is a stricter interpretation of the unites once again.
▪ On occasion the courts have adopted artificially strict interpretations of exclusion clauses in order to deny their effect.
▪ Possibilities, then, for further congregational participation seem possible even under a strict interpretation of the present rubrics.
▪ The strict interpretation of statute, an important feature of the sixteenth century, owed much to the invention of printing.
law
▪ No one then supposed, however, that the atoms were not moving according to strict laws.
▪ Are you implying the fault is with California, for coming up with these silly strict laws?
▪ As a matter of strict law, party elections can neither preclude nor pre-empt the prerogative of choice.
▪ Most states have strict laws against using roadkills.
liability
▪ A contractual obligation, such as an exchange rule gives rise on the face of it to strict liability.
▪ It is a form of strict liability.
▪ Its purpose is to introduce a strict liability regime on producers of defective products.
▪ The reasonable foreseeability test should not apply in strict liability torts as foresight of damage is not generally required to establish liability.
▪ There are two approaches: with fault and strict liability.
▪ This resulted in the passing of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 which introduces a strict liability regime for defective products.
▪ A form of strict liability is also created for damage caused by articles falling from an aircraft whilst in flight.
▪ The Prince rule of strict liability as to age, which applies equally to indecent assault, has already been noticed.
limit
▪ Enforceability Though the agencies do not regard standards as strict limits, their enforceability is important.
▪ If your child crosses that line, you need to place strict limits on his behavior.
▪ There is a strict limit of 50 anglers.
▪ Invoking strict limits on online news, including requiring Web sites to get their news from state media.
▪ But Brian Hickey, Harlequin's president, says the agreement with Alliance puts strict limits on production costs.
▪ The Maastricht rules also impose strict limits on public debt.
▪ This sets strict limits on emissions in an effort to reduce the country's contribution to global warming and acid rain.
▪ Impose strict limits on dissemination of passenger travel data and the use of overly intrusive searches.
order
▪ Please Note: Orders which are accompanied by payments are dealt with in strict order of receipt.
▪ At sea, the rotation of pilots follows a strict order so that no one pilot dives more than another.
▪ They had obviously received strict orders from their editors not to miss a story.
▪ And the 22-year-old is under strict orders from manager Brian Little to lay off the physical stuff.
regime
▪ Children were dispersed to remote parts of the house and subjected to a strict regime of meals, walks, and lessons.
▪ Patients have to obey a strict regime and Carre is forced to share a room and bathroom with another addict.
▪ Lewes instituted a pretty strict regime which at times tended to be resented, although it brought results.
▪ Was it a very strict regime at home?
regulation
▪ This would be subject to strict regulation and only banks would have access to deposit insurance.
▪ At Basle, environmentalists also called for stricter regulations on facilities for disposal of toxic waste in importing countries.
▪ The population was used to receiving orders and to strict regulation in face of shared danger and privation.
▪ A creche is a costly facility because of the requirement to meet the strict regulations.
requirement
▪ Unfortunately, in a number of respects explanatory surveys failed to match up to the strict requirements of the logic required.
▪ Quasi-Experimental Design Quasi-experimental designs are those which do not meet all the strict requirements of the experiment but nevertheless can be satisfactory.
▪ The Revenue has become aware that some schemes have been registered which do not adequately observe the strict requirements of the legislation.
restriction
▪ Under the Belfast Urban Area Plan strict restrictions have been placed on any further office development outside the city centre.
▪ You can give away things like this and have very strict restrictions on them.
▪ Most of the smaller names impose strict restrictions on membership.
rule
▪ The strict rules of evidence do not have to be followed.
▪ Camp Seedorf, located by a seldom-traveled highway, had strict rules against going into the village.
▪ At the same time, the protectorate's authorities want to maintain high standards of financial propriety with strict rules.
▪ The council have a very strict rule that homeless people are only allowed one offer of a council house.
▪ He laid down a long series of strict rules and regulations regarding conduct.
▪ A free-fighting match is held under strict rules.
▪ Many of the men resisted, and risked further torture by violating the strict rule against communicating among themselves.
scrutiny
▪ But Justice hesitated; it had never before asked any federal court to hold gender-based classification to the strict scrutiny standard.
▪ H-4 must needs submit to a new trial, under stricter scrutiny.
security
▪ Various versions were filmed on closed sets with skeleton crews and strict security.
sense
▪ But good aphorisms do not have to be meaningful in a strict sense.
▪ In the strict sense, he was neither.
▪ He can not, without his knowledge or consent, be made a bailee in the strict sense of that term.
▪ Of course Everett did not plan to shoot Kennedy in the strict sense.
▪ Lois does not have an engineering degree in the strict sense.
▪ Barber acknowledges that political personality is not deterministic in a strict sense.
▪ As I have said they are not cases of estoppel in the strict sense.
▪ Albumen is not retro in any strict sense, however.
standard
▪ The directive does not impose any stricter standards than the 1908 Act.
▪ The animals and veggies still were judged according to the strictest standards of individual achievement.
▪ We will introduce strict standards of life expectancy for consumer durables and encourage deposit-refund schemes.
▪ Justice Ginsburg has actually built her career on pushing for stricter standards on gender discrimination.
▪ By strict standards, therefore, the memoirs must contain much that can only be regarded as fiction.
▪ Stack emissions, which are continuously monitored, meet the strictest standards in the world.
supervision
▪ To many this sounds attractive, implying freedom from fixed hours, strict supervision and the hassles of commuting.
▪ More probation hostels were urgently needed for young persons, and hostels should be provided for adult offenders who required strict supervision.
▪ Their contents would have been eaten under strict supervision!
▪ But under the strictest supervision, of course.
time
▪ Most statutory rights have to be enforced within a strict time limit.
▪ One possible solution is for the last step in the procedure to be the subject of a strict time limit.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Dates must be listed in strict chronological order.
▪ He had strict instructions to return the key to me.
▪ I think you're too strict with your children.
▪ In the strictest sense of the word, all popular fiction is 'romantic'.
▪ Japan has very strict laws against drugs and guns.
▪ Most schools are quite strict about the way students dress.
▪ Teachers need to be strict , but also fair.
▪ The manager is very strict about people getting to work on time.
▪ There are strict rules about the use of dangerous chemicals.
▪ Under a strict interpretation of the rules, she would be suspended.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Although some apply strict guidelines, others contract out their surveillance to private security companies.
▪ Back then, he said, most Orthodox Christians still adhered to strict fasting rules during the 40 days before Pasak.
▪ But Justice hesitated; it had never before asked any federal court to hold gender-based classification to the strict scrutiny standard.
▪ Chauvin, who was educated in New Orleans' strict black schools, was judged to have the fastest shorthand in Louisiana.
▪ Leaving her amour with strict instructions on how to find her, she retired to bed and waited.
▪ Of course, there were tensions and conflicts, but discipline was strict and scandals were rare.
▪ The harvester moved round the field in a strict square, so that the standing crop grew smaller and smaller with every pass.
▪ With all the resolve of her strict faith, she sailed with their son to Palermo, telling Tony it was Naples.