Sentence examples for keep a lid on this from inspiring English sources

"There simply wasn't the same amount of pressure on Congress to keep a lid on this activity," Mr. Sepp said.

Now the government, worried about tourism and its image, "is trying to keep a lid on this," Mr. Ash said.

When Zaki headed wide and drove over - both from good positions - West Ham were struggling to keep a lid on this comeback.

Not to drive Jets fans nuts with the comparison, but this is why Bill Belichick – boring as his news conferences are – manages to keep a lid on this kind of stuff.

The pipeline to Turkey, which in 2001 carried some 1m barrels a day, is still being sabotaged and is exporting no oil at all.The Americans are struggling to keep a lid on this bubbling violence.

Nuno was trying to keep a lid on the euphoria.

"My job is to keep a lid on the place.

Constraints on lending, Mr. McCulloch said, will also keep a lid on the number of new homeowners.

If players cannot keep a lid on the complaining, they will receive a technical.

There is another reason to keep a lid on the price: Facebook's experience.

Yet it was impossible to keep a lid on that brilliance for ever.