Sentences with phrase «by keeping a lid on»

They seldom delivered on the fiscal responsibility bit or the money in the bank, but they were pretty good at squeezing public services by keeping a lid on revenues other than user fees.

It's accomplished chiefly by keeping a lid on interest rates, sovereign or otherwise.

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Putin is reportedly trying to keep a lid on a troubling news story that hundreds of Russian nationals were handily defeated by US air power in Syria.

If you consciously keep a lid on spending by «choosing your own financial age,» you will reap the benefits for many years to come.

The Australian industry has kept a lid on its celebrations amid delicate talks in Japan about the progressive dismantling of the centralised buying system controlled by MAFF in conjunction with Japan Flour Millers Association.

In Mike's view, successive Federal Governments wanted «to keep the lid on industrial unrest by keeping the gap between a worker's income and the cost of living apart».

Soft - sided units can be transported in the special insulated cooler offered by the manufacturer for transporting filled bags, or they can be put into plastic containers that have screw - or snap - on lids to keep them upright and protect them inside a regular insulated cooler.

Make sure the air vent on the teat is functional before screwing the lid onto the bottle by pinching the valve, also keep the air vent up top (by baby's nose) when feeding baby.

Well, sure, they can, but the floor of your car and your living room carpet would look very different by now if you didn't keep a lid on that cup.

It's possible behind - the - scenes negotiations between conservative activists and Romney aides will be sufficient to keep a lid on things today... but the Paul people are angry — and goaded on by their leader, who was denied a speaking slot at the convention.

But if we are to keep the lid on county property taxes, we must continue to eliminate positions rendered obsolete by technolo gy.

The privy was neither talked about nor acknowledged, a cultural convention demonstrated by the common proverb Kusaimono ni futa wo suru (to keep a lid on stinky things).

Use your space: Use your stovetop carefully by matching heat rings to saucepan size, and keeping lids on saucepans will help food heat faster.

I achieve that by keeping the rice cooker on the «warm» setting with the lid ajar but with a tea (dish) towel over the top.

If you don't have an oven, you can also make this on the stove - top, by using a tight - fitting lid, and keeping the heat low so it doesn't burn.

«Keep the look modern by blending the color over the entire lid and brow bone,» says Black, who recommends starting with an eyelid primer, since pastels can oxidize and darken when exposed to the natural oils on your eyelids (We like Dior Backstage Eye Prime).

They look so pretty, and by popping the lids back on and using fake candles you are saving having to keep bringing them in — very practical.

While still invested in grandiose swipes at big ideas and the epistemological babbling of a late night college dorm room conversation, Cahill generates an authentic sense of mystery by keeping a tighter lid on the secrets of the universe.

School leaders are so constrained by rules that many come to define their jobs as simply «keeping the lid on.»

Only three years ago subprime loans were growing at record pace, but recent tightening by lenders has kept a lid on their growth in the last year.

By simply grouping together what you owe, you can track your debt better, keep a lid on interest charges and pay it off faster with a single monthly payment.

If your professor isn't using a free textbook, Turgeon says you can still keep a lid on costs by using websites such as bigwords.com, abebooks.com and bookfinder.com to hunt down secondhand copies.

The uncertainty associated with this overhang combined with the bad taste left by the destruction of value in 2008/9 should keep a lid on the share price for the near future; I don't anticipate the share price returning to levels of early 2011 ($ 60) until the Treasury is able to do another secondary offering, and that won't happen until the price returns above its cost basis of around $ 27 / share.

- Keep cats & small pets indoors; bring small dogs in at night, especially in areas of coyote sightings - Walk dogs on a leash, especially during spring when adult coyotes are territorial & protective of their young - Don't feed pets outside or leave food bowls outside - Secure garbage cans by fastening lids with rope or bungee cords.

Many credit card issuers have kept a tight lid on unsecured credit by offering relatively low credit limits to cardholders with lower scores.

To be developed by the remnants of the L.A. Noire team lead by Brendan McNamara (and published by Warner Brothers) the game will take place in Shanghai, China revolving around a «group of Western cops hopelessly trying to keep the lid on and keep the peace.»

The company has begun encrypting searches made by people in China, where Google has long run afoul of regulations designed to keep a tight lid on searches deemed inappropriate.

tech.slashdot.org - The Guardian just ran an article titled» «They'll squash you like a bug»: how Silicon Valley keeps a lid on leakers,» which begins with the story of an employee confronted by Facebook's secretive «rat - catching» team: They had records of a screenshot he'd taken, links he had clicked or hovered ov...

The decline in rates is largely due to comments made by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke July 10 that sought to ease market worries that the Fed was about to ease its bond purchasing program, which has long kept a lid on interest rates.