Sentences with clampdown
clamp·down
C c - ...a clampdown on the employment of illegal immigrants. [+ on]
- Ironically, the latest clampdown has just led to renewed international criticism.
- Mark Davis Government's clampdown on Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers a reversion to the norm in Australian political responses to boat arrivals.
- Michael Thurston French President Nicolas Sarkozy threw his weight Wednesday behind Barack Obama's clampdown on bankers.
- A security clampdown caused more delays as the vehicle was stopped at security force roadblocks.
- Belgium was set Thursday to slap a ban on wearing the Islamic burqa in public, the first such clampdown in Europe.
- Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to ban the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public, paving the way for the first clampdown of its kind in Europe.