keep a lid on in a sentence

Examples

1. To a certain extent these governments keep a lid on popular discontent.
2. We must continue to save more and keep a lid on inflation.
3. Pre-report jitters also helped keep a lid on corn prices.
4. Spain has already begun attempting to keep a lid on the protests.
5. Those openings will help keep a lid on rents.
6. You cannot keep a lid on a crime problem,
7. Expectations for ample supplies will keep a lid on prices, analyst said.
8. Greater production would keep a lid on prices and prevent profits from spiking.
9. Many winemakers say they are trying to keep a lid on alcohol levels.
10. Trying to keep a lid on costs, it continues to shed jobs.