Careful urban planning and stringent regulations such as building restrictions can preserve the impression of an intact neighborhood.

即使细心的城市规划和严厉的法规, 例如建筑管制可以保留原封不动的社区外观。

For example, lead-acid batteries are generally subject to stringent regulations and are recycled at much higher rates than lithium-ion batteries.

例如，铅酸电池通常受到严格的法规约束，它们的回收率从而比锂离子电池高得多。

This established some new, more stringent regulations for banks above a certain size.

这为一定规模以上的银行制定了一些新的、更严格的规定。

The roll-out to drinking-water pipes has been slower, however, as national water directives usually include stringent safety regulations about what goes inside them.

然而， 饮用水管道的推广速度较慢，因为国家水务指令通常对管道内的物质有严格的安全规定。

Well, we talked a little bit before about the two-tier system, the heavier regulation for the very largest banks and the slightly less stringent regulation for the smaller banks.

好吧，我们之前谈到了两级制度，对最大银行的监管更严格， 对较小银行的监管稍微宽松一些。