Sentences with phrase «keep lid on»

You'd think you could count on your teacher to keep a lid on the bullying, not inspire it.

I decided this year to use faux apples from Pier One because the real ones turn into applesauce if you keep the lid on!

REALTOR ® associations around the country are working with lawmakers to keep a lid on liability risk.

In response, REALTOR ® associations around the country are working with lawmakers to keep a lid on liability risk.

While higher rates might keep a lid on prices it is unlikely to cause them to fall.

«A significant amount of worldwide excess production capacity will keep a lid on inflationary pressures for some time to come, allowing monetary authorities to keep short - term interest rates at historically low levels and very supportive of housing market activity.

As the Financial Times» Stephen Foley wrote, «the risk is that the flippers represent an overhang of inventory that will keep a lid on prices, as they trickle their properties out into the market.»

In APRIL 2008 the UK made Energy Performance Certificates mandatory for all new builds as the best way to reduce to keep a lid on utility bills, the affect the effects on the environment and reduce carbon emissions All new homes are required to have an EPC and existing homes have to come UP to code.

Balancing this, we will see moderately higher interest rates to thwart inflation, which will help keep a lid on house price increases in most of the country.»

The lower origination volume is clearly helping to keep a lid on spreads.

The FED is looking to keep a lid on inflation and increase the Federal Fund Rate in about six months.

If AT&T has to keep a lid on price hikes, at least for a while, rival companies will be forced to compete on price as well.

With in - depth energy monitoring stats, the Elgato Eve Energy can help you keep a lid on your utility bills.

Let's take a look at how you can enable optimization, tweak the settings, and keep a lid on run away disk usage so your optimization experiment doesn't chew up all the free space on your media server.

Aside from these tips, there are a host of other things you can do to keep a lid on costs — for more ideas visit our money - saving tips page.

NAFTA is a corporate rights agreement engineered to keep a lid on workers» rights and environmental regulation.

I did not find this a complex case from a technical perspective — the challenge was to keep a lid on legal costs with the other side wanting face - to - face meetings to resolve things.

It's worth noting, however, that some countries have managed to keep a lid on build times, as the chart above shows.

It has not been a good week for the flacks in Calgary who stomp on little old ladies to keep the lid on news about Canada's environmental embarrassment, the Alberta tar sands.In Sydney, Australia, they call it» black gold with a black heart.»

You may not be able to keep your crazy uncle quiet this holiday season, but you can help us keep a lid on powerful climate deniers across the globe.

The Open Arctic Ice Machine can keep a lid on temperature in the face of all the other forcing.

I just try to keep a lid on that.

Chinese envoy Yu Qingtai told The Associated Press that China would try to keep a lid on its growing gas emissions when compared to U.S. per capita emissions.

Hockney has tried to keep a lid on his market for decades.

President Hosni Mubarak is struggling to keep a lid on reform but knows he must allow people to let...

It's not that I keep a lid on what I believe, but I want to have my believing kept very close to the knowing.

But the good news is «flippers» who are putting his work on the auction block may keep the lid on prices for a while.

Wilson Fisk is just the tip of the iceberg of who Spider - Man will face, but Insomniac is trying to keep a lid on who else will be bringing crime to the city.

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.»

It's difficult for publishers to keep a lid on upcoming titles these days, what with the likes of Superannuation and seemingly innocuous ratings boards outing tiles left, right and center.

apparently make it nigh - impossible to keep a lid on their business.

Online retailers just can't keep the lid on upcoming releases, can they?

It is hard to keep a lid on such a massive project so we can't really blame Square Enix.

«I'll load it with $ 750 — that will do nicely and keep a lid on spending!

Keep a Lid On it!

And even after the feast, it's important to keep a lid on garbage cans to prevent dumpster diving.

Do not keep the lid on.

Never put your hand in the tank and do not let your cat drink from it — make sure to keep the lid on.

«I don't expect that devils will eradicate cats but they might keep the lid on them and they might reduce their impact,» he said.

In order to keep a lid on any tension between the cats, it's better to have multiple litter boxes scattered throughout the home.

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.

Do you have any suggestions on how we can keep a lid on it?

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.

This will keep a lid on the yield on the ten year Treasury note, even if economic growth exceeds expectations.

If you find yourself always maxing out your credit card without the means to pay off the balance, it may be best to rid yourself of the card to help keep a lid on your spending.

With an hourly fee model, after the initial work and recommendations, many clients minimize contact to keep a lid on fees.

This will keep a lid on costs and act as an incentive for the contractor to move the job along faster.

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.

Keep a lid on credit.

Keeping it simple is critical; it will help you track where your money is going and it will keep a lid on fees, service charges and other costs.