Sentence examples for maintaining a tight from inspiring English sources
But that strategy was supplanted after it became clear that Mr. Hussein's paramilitary and security forces were maintaining a tight grip on the cities that precluded the Shiite uprisings the allies were hoping for.
I love that paradox, the "long short story," because you get to build out the world of the story while still maintaining a tight focus on a single drama, or (usually) a relatively small cast of characters.
The only way to get investors to lend at lower rates is to continue the long slog towards modernising the economy while maintaining a tight grip on the public finances and controlling inflation.
But Colonel López, unlike the commander of the Dominican army, is maintaining a tight control over the mainly civilian cabinet by keeping the top position, as "head of government," for himself.One of Sr Juan Bosch's fatal mistakes, whether because of lack of time or faulty judgment, was to fail to create his own instruments of power to confront the armed forces with.
Improving growth over the longer run, he said, would require maintaining a tight budget leash in a country where Mr. Bajnai, after a long period of heady public spending under the previous government, has presided over a series of politically painful measures.
There were nasty moments – such as the retreat before the maul for Amanaki Mafi's try, and the lack of a call for the restart kick after John Hardie's try bounce of the ball, but by the end Scotland were looking very much the leading lights of Pool B. That will do for starters and since it was all based on a collective appetite for maintaining a tight defence it bodes well.
Its success depended on maintaining a tight-lipped, scientific demeanor.
So even though Apple and Microsoft are maintaining a tighter grip on their own smart-phone operating systems, this layer of the industry hamburger seems bound to become a commodity.An Intel-like monopoly in chips also seems implausible.
It maintains a tight focus.
But Compaq and Hewlett-Packard maintain a tight grip on retail sales.
After Stoilov's resignation in 1899, Ferdinand maintained a tight hold on Bulgarian domestic politics.
