Sentence examples for to be held in check from inspiring English sources

Mr. Baird said today that he now expected demand to be held in check by conservation.

When the economy was booming, flush sales tax receipts allowed property taxes to be held in check.

In this chilling cautionary tale, the narrator's tendencies have to be held in check by the author's sense of proportion.

Michael Vick (PHI) vs. Cleveland — Vick is a QB1 as long as he's in the starting lineup, but expectations may need to be held in check this week.

But some agencies found that increases in their research requests meant that other programs would have to be held in check.

Post-war national governments, however, saw Birmingham's accelerating economic success as a damaging influence on the stagnating economies of the North of England, Scotland and Wales, and saw its physical expansion as a threat to its surrounding areas – "from Westminster's point of view was too large, too prosperous, and had to be held in check".

Schedule 7 allowed Miranda to be held in a "vacuum" with no checks and balances.

The money in first bucket should be held in checking, savings and/or money market accounts.

Almost since its inception, there have been two views of modern government: one sees it as a defender of personal liberty through protection of individual rights; the other sees a constant threat to liberty that must be held in check.

UNICEF continues to believe that if conflict can be held in check, these young people have the power and potential to build the better future to which they are entitled.

*Reserve officers should be held in check to respond later.