Sentence examples for keep a tight grip from inspiring English sources

For now, the apparent fuzziness in executive authority may not matter much because all the senior leaders seem to agree on China's basic strategy: to keep opening the economy to market forces but to keep a tight grip on politics; and to seek good relations with the United States while keeping pressure on Taiwan to be reunited with the mainland.

Consumers, and not just hapless bachelors, should keep a tight grip on their wallets.

She urged me to keep a tight grip on my bag, her face full of concern.

But her hands were damaged when she jumped and she can't keep a tight grip.

The move will allow Mr. Brin and Mr. Page to keep a tight grip on the company.

The key for families who need to keep a tight grip on their spending is an all-inclusive package.

Perhaps, but as the housing bust deepens, even the most spendthrift Americans will keep a tighter grip on their wallets.

Whether their credit lines are shrinking or not, many consumers are choosing to keep a tighter grip on their wallets.

Critics of Mr. Berlusconi say the measures go beyond routine copyright questions and are a way to stave off competition from the Web to public television stations and his own private channels — and to keep a tighter grip on public debate.

Since the Treasury is providing G.M. with such a huge sum of money so it can operate while it's in bankruptcy ($30 billion in debtor-in-possession financing, in addition to the $20 billion it already received), the government is likely to keep a tighter grip on the proceedings.

So, too, a steady stream of multimillion-dollar acquisitions at past Sundances for films that went on to earn next to nothing at the box office -- "Twin Falls, Idaho," "Happy, Texas," "Sugar Town" -- had the major distributors coming to Sundance this year promising to keep a tighter grip on their purse strings.