keep a tight rein on in a sentence

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1. Part of the reason, he suggested, was that Norcal management has wanted to keep a tight rein on the business.
2. Even as Wu tried to smooth feathers, he reasserted that China intended to keep a tight rein on the Internet.
3. Now a billionaire, Kim keeps a tight rein on his public and private companies by owning big chunks of their stock.
4. Tunisia, a sliver slightly smaller than Missouri wedged between the volatile Libya and Algeria, keeps a tight rein on political opposition.
5. Duhalde's government has promised to keep a tight rein on public spending, something that the Supreme Court decision puts in peril.
6. The sanctimonious man keeps a tight rein on his ward who, of course, loves a dashing young fop ( Malcolm Gets ).
7. History might play a role in the decision of Vietnam's leaders to keep a tight rein on any signs of religious dissent.
8. The Times Mirror study suggests that not only do men keep a tight rein on the remote, but they use it differently.
9. Economists speculate that intense competition in a variety of industries has forced corporations to keep a tight rein on paychecks and prices.
10. "They'll have to keep a tight rein on expenditure, and over the next six months there could be some considerable disillusionment with Yeltsin.