The officials shaping the stringent budget have a responsibility to focus first on restoring or at least maintaining deteriorating services.

If you are on a really stringent budget, there are many very cheap ways of making your windows less energy-draining in the winter.

In 1995 the pattern was avoided more successfully by maintaining the tight monetary policy adopted early in the year and by passing a relatively stringent budget.

Parliament must approve a stringent new budget and the sale of three state-owned banks.

The result is that they have to compete with each other for people and funding, and they must do so with incredibly stringent budgets.

'Absolutely, It's a Hardship' Even relatively small increases in premiums can create havoc for older people on stringent budgets.

Criteria for allocation of housing was made more stringent in the 2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget.

If you look at the figures, even the more stringent budgets in the Community are only slowing the rate of increase; they are not reducing spending.

As a result they must buy most of their equipment from the other Corporations and operate on a stringent budget.

City Council members say he is overestimating the severity of the problem deliberately now, so that he can announce a less stringent budget in April.