keep a tight rein on in a sentence

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1. The company's chairman, Michael D . Eisner, has told shareholders that he will keep a tight rein on spending.
2. To keep a tight rein on tickets, organizers printed the names of the national committees on each allotted ticket.
3. To bring inflation down, Banco de Mexico has pledged to keep a tight rein on the country's money supply.
4. Lukashenko keeps a tight rein on the media in his country and has shut down independent newspapers and radio.
5. In recent years, Kol Ha'Ir said, Mrs . Netanyahu has tried to keep a tight rein on her husband.
6. The board's executive committee would be replaced with a new management group ordered to keep a tight rein on planning.
7. But D'Amato, a disciplined politician, normally keeps a tight rein on his public utterances in the middle of a campaign.
8. Through its powerful Central Selling Organization, De Beers keeps a tight rein on the world diamonds supply to stabilize prices.
9. Thailand's media have long been among the freest in Asia, while Singapore keeps a tight rein on its domestic press.
10. Maskhadov has been trying to keep a tight rein on warlords and armed gangs, but with little success so far.