Meanings of when tougher in English

In addition, it was hit by a weak first quarter 2006 when tougher drug prescriptions rules ate into the bottom line.

A year earlier, when tougher due diligence procedures were implemented, announced M&A deals totaled $6.861 billion.

The number of mortgage approvals rose throughout most of 2015, following a slowdown the previous year when tougher checks on mortgage borrowers were introduced.

And when tougher times force a sector's third or fourth biggest event out of business, it often makes the leading shows even more important.

She made the call after a Mongrel Mob member said gangs would not willingly surrender their guns when tougher firearms laws come into force.

When tougher rules inevitably came in, some of us ignored those too.