The promise that help comes with "strict conditionality" may not be kept.

BBC: Merkel relief at 'good day for Europe'

With all, we will be harsh, and strict, but not unjust, not indiscriminate.

NPR: Sergeant Sorts Through War's Chaos in Letter Home

And I appreciate -- we did have that meeting, and you accommodated one of our requests, particularly in terms of the order, and you did say you would be with regard to Mr. Lowell, we talked about it not on a strict gavel.

CNN: Transcript: Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing

Don't forget what's key to bringing back jobs here is not just finding someone else to punish -- and I'm going to be strict with people who we trade with to make sure they follow the law and play by the rules -- but it's also to make America the most attractive place in the world for businesses of all kinds.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Strict rules against firing will be dropped for new hires in companies with up to ten employees, and not merely five, as the government had proposed.

ECONOMIST: German reforms