The phrase "a tight hand" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is strict or controlling, particularly in terms of finances or discipline.
Example: "The manager kept a tight hand on the budget, ensuring that every expense was accounted for."
Alternatives: "a firm grip" or "a strict control".
It is a family operation, largely controlled by the Walton family, which keeps a tight hand on management.
Mr. White has done his best to undermine Mr. Perry's claim to having steered the state to prosperity with a tight hand on the fiscal reins.
This executive would keep a tight hand on the seating chart, too, so that the people guaranteed to send someone running from the table in tears are kept far from the emotionally vulnerable.
And what was the role of John Silber, the chancellor and former president who has run Boston University with a tight hand for more than three decades and who was Mr. Goldin's biggest backer, at least until two weeks ago?
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With chairman Karl Oyston keeping a tight hand on the purse strings and his relegated side stripped of assets such as Charlie Adam and David Vaughan, an immediate return had seemed unlikely.
From now on, Dolan is going to run the business with a tighter hand, with Chief Scientific Officer Peter Ringrose Peter Ringrose reporting directly to him.
After JPMorgan Chase's recently acknowledged trading losses, which raised questions about whether the Fed and other agencies had a tight enough hand on the regulatory reins, Senate Democratic leaders found enough votes to surmount objections from Mr. Vitter and others.
The finish straight in Regent Street was relatively narrow, and it was preceded by a tight right-hand bend from Cocksure Street into Waterloo Place.
There's also, apparently, a tight left-hand turn just before the finish line, which could also cause no end of trouble.
01484 720710, pedalandpitch.co.uk 5 Kirk Edge Road, High Bradfield Estimated peloton time: 15 34 There'll be plenty of action here as the riders race a steep descent into High Bradfield, and then negotiate a tight left-hand turn into an immediate climb, after which its practically all downhill to Sheffield.
