Sentences with phrase «in check by»

In this room, all - over patterned upholstery is kept in check by painting the walls in a solid background shade that's a slightly darker green than the fabric.

Keep the mess in check by using labeled bins and baskets to make cleanup a breeze.

Keep walls, woodwork and furniture monochrome to balance a paper like this and maintain a fresh feel: the rich emerald green is jewel - like in tone, but kept in check by the zesty green and blush pinks.

She kept the kitchen budget in check by reusing, for instance, large sections of the original cabinetry in the new design, allowing her to spend more on marble countertops and a professional gas range.

But I need to keep myself in check by not overwhelming my senses with too many suggestions.

Goldsmith said lenders like Heller are «keeping risk in check by not getting out of control with respect to leverage.»

The building's energy demands are also kept in check by the use of light - colored, reflective Energy Star roofing materials.

In mid-November Congress held the proposal in check by refusing to fund its implementation in 2005.

Staff opinion: Last week, we predicted that the bitcoin price would level out in the $ 700 range for some time, with further bullish pushes kept in check by profit taking at points above the psychological barrier of $ 700.

You can keep your cholesterol in check by balancing the amount of these foods that you eat, along with the following healthy eating habits:

«We have proposed instead a legal realist model in which distinguishing can be used to overrule, but is kept in check by an increasing effort cost of legal innovation.

While he uses elite law firms for critical transactions, he helps keep the company's legal bills in check by sending other work to smaller law firms in St. Louis and other low - cost locations.

If you have that urge but are held in check by work, your bank balance, or the fear of flight delays, lost luggage, traveller's tummy, et cetera, then get out of town virtually via RandomStreetView.com.

And I'd learn that the forest, as a whole, also keeps the climate in check by storing carbon dioxide, the world's principal greenhouse gas.

For millennia the mountain pine beetle, a native of Canada, has been kept in check by our winter temperatures which reach minus 35 degrees for several days.

Now the glacial cold lurking in the deep ocean, held in check by obliquity for 10,000 years, has been set free, ending the Holocene Interglacial.

This is because these «patterns» are collective deceptions, which to some extent are held in check by skeptical balance (albeit per the post this is often a «veiled» effect seen in history, as one needs unofficial not official messaging to uncover it).

It's population is usually kept in check by cold snaps in winter that see temperatures fall as low as -32 °C.

Swaggering, curved lines from beneath are held in check by streaming, blurred, white horizontals with blurred black verticals on top; and if that were not enough to disquiet the soul, Scully marches forth with another layer of ochre and pink striations at indeterminate intervals, seamlessly putting each of them in place.»

Behind the surreal desert «flowers» is a morphed op art inspired back drop, all adding up to a «techno visual» experience» held in check by the narrow vitrine.

Vigorous brushstrokes are held in check by the rigor of plotted design, offering a productive tension between improvisation and structure.

To Chancellor Visari, leader of the displaced Helghast people, the Vektans are aggressors that must be kept in check by whatever means necessary.

I'm sure that you get the idea — each vehicle or emplacement has some distinct advantages but they're all kept in check by vulnerabilities to counter-weapons.

Sure, you can pick up axes or shovels or such and use them to beat another player to death, but the fact of the matter is guns are the dominating force, their power only kept vaguely in check by having to scrounge ammunition as well.

You'll help Laura — the weird, demonic child thingy — rid the castle of the evil that was previously kept in check by the Vampire Lord (who Gabe impaled on a building... ouch).

East coast clam and scallop beds are being ravaged by exploding populations of rays that were formerly kept in check by sharks.

Tumor growth is kept in check by your pet's immune system.

The appearance of jaundice is caused by the accumulation of a yellow pigment called bilirubin, which is typically kept in check by the liver.

Demodectic mange, also known as demodicosis or «demo,» is due to the proliferation of hair follicle (demodex) mites normally kept in check by the dog's immune system.

Now this «bad» bacteria is usually kept in check by the «good» bacteria.

They are kept in check by the outer defensive layers of our skin.

The cancer also spread to the lungs (metastasis), but it has been held in check by the vaccine.

Herbal extracts and neem oil soothe irritated skin and ease inflammation, while any secondary infection is kept in check by Grapefruit seed extract.

These are always kept in check by immune system cells.

Keep your asset allocation in check by buying different types of stocks and funds to have a balanced portfolio — and then further diversifying in each of those asset classes.

A portfolio like the Sleepy Mini Portfolio is designed to provide satisfactory returns over the long - term by (a) keeping investing costs very low and (b) keeping emotions in check by putting money to work regularly.

I had expected that longer - term rates would be held somewhat in check by continued strong overseas demand.

You can keep your expenses in this category in check by waiting for a year or two to buy extra things and carefully comparing prices before any big purchases.

You can keep these costs in check by purchasing used books from your bookstore or purchasing online at a places like Amazon and BookScouter.com.

So authors, especially children's authors, should keep your expectations in check by thinking of this as a long - term strategy to sell more books.

Fitted with torque vectoring and adaptive dampers, the five - seat SD4 SE we drove offered outstanding unsealed road holding, and its plethora of safety systems kept slides (both intended and unintended) in check by braking individual wheels depending on the understeer or oversteer situation — consistently and progressively every time.

The truck is docile enough through town, and acceleration is kept in check by the traction control if you aren't smooth on the throttle.

The ride quality is kept in check by a front telescopic hydraulic fork and a rear swing arm with 5 step adjustable hydraulic shock absorbers.

Whatever it is, you'd have to be carrying quite a significant amount of speed into a corner before you make the front tyres squeal, which of course is then kept in check by the traction control system.

The 3 - inch - lift leaf springs are kept in check by F - O - A 16 - inch - travel shocks and F - O - A 2 - inch - diameter bumpstops.

Sway and body roll are kept in check by a taut suspension, big wheel and tire packages and the Flex's low - to - the - ground stance.

The new engine drives through a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic gearbox (an option on other models) and its extra power is kept in check by front brakes that are bigger and more powerful than those on the rest of the range.

The ride quality is kept in check by a front adjustable dual A-arm with gas charged shocks and an adjustable independent Rear Suspension (IRS) with gas charged, reservoir shocks.

The ride is kept in check by a double A-arm independent front suspension while the breaking is assuared by a rear disc brake.

The ride is comfortable and quiet and body roll, squat and dive typical of a tall SUV is kept in check by the Hydraulic Body Motion Control system.