Sentence examples for tight grip over from inspiring English sources

The army retains a tight grip over much of Swat.

China's tight grip over domestic journalists remains unchanged.

Despite tremendous challenges, it has maintained a tight grip over a large Palestinian population in the territories it occupied in the 1967 war.

Because Canadian leaders hold a tight grip over their caucus members, Mr. Harper's majority means that his new government's agenda can pass through Parliament more or less unchallenged.

Recreating Cameron and Osborne's joint Westminster office – which is widely praised for ensuring a tight grip over the Tory party – in No 12.

The Forest Rights Act is largely dormant – institutionally ignored and unimplemented – while the state maintains a tight grip over forests, to the detriment of the environment and inhabitants.

But whether or not the courts find fault with Mr Schrempp's disclosure, the latest events threaten his once-tight grip over the world's fifth-largest car company.

Certainly, the evidence suggests that Mr Chávez now has a tighter grip over the armed forces but at a price.The constitution drawn up under Mr Chávez gives the president sole authority over promotions.

A MEMBER of the Federal Trade Commission said yesterday that the agency would be exerting a tighter grip over online advertising, partly because of increased tracking by marketing companies of people's activity on the Internet.

A guy who painted his neck red, pretending to be a redneck, his friend wearing a white T-shirt which has "wife beater" written on it, and his friend dressed like a Hasidic Jew keeping a tight grip (literally) over a pack of fake dollar bills.

Two years later, the antidrug czar's senior adviser was killed in the same way, a grisly example of the tight grip traffickers hold over the country.