Sentences with phrase «short leash on»

The court keeps a short leash on custodial parents with intentions to preserve the child's relationship with the estranged parent.

To help assist with this, I recommend all of my clients leave a short leash on the dog when they are out of the crate and have visual eye contact on them (NEVER when they are left unsupervised or when they are in their crate).

The government has created the State Administration for Religious Affairs under its United Front Work Department to keep a close eye and a short leash on practitioners, effectively installing itself as the high priest presiding over the internal affairs of religious organizations.

Short leashes on every pitcher... tons of pitching changes and warm - up time.

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They worried that Mr. Rosenstein — a Trump appointee who had helped with Mr. Trump's firing of Mr. Comey by writing a memo criticizing Mr. Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation — would keep Mr. Mueller on a short leash.

Politicians, to be sure, often do succumb to the temptations of power and we need to keep them on a short leash.

But GOP grandees now suspect that religion is an electoral liability, or at least will become one if the religious right isn't put on a short leash.

Charles Howell, who finished a shot back, said you start every season with all manner ofgolfing resolutions, but they're all on a short leash, one bad shot away frombeing discarded.

I think both Snit and Hernandez (pitching coach) should be on short leash.

Bill O'Brien named Brian Hoyer the started after a preseason battle with Ryan Mallett, but Hoyer was benched in the first game despite being told he would not be on a short leash.

When they are given chances they are on a ridiculously short leash by Valverde when players like Gomes are coddled and given various chances to prove himself & failed miserably.

Embiid should be on a short leash, similar to Fultz in game 2.

teams that don't fall a cliff if their best player sits for long periods of time, or is accountable to a T or is on a short leash, because there will be other stars that compensate.

But it also seemed odd that it wouldn't draw another suspension for a player clearly on a short leash.

Price and Molitor are rightfully at the top of the list, both on the hot seat from the end of last year and will be on a short leash this season.

For a manager who was clearly on the hot seat if they stumbled at the start of the season, Gibbons looks like he's put the spectre of the short leash away for the next while.

They brought her back, but after the hernia had healed and she could orgasm without pain it was implied (but not outright stated) that I was back on the short leash, as it were... except she was never interested.

The boardwalk that extends along the little gift shops makes for a nice stroll, but bolting toddlers need to be kept on a short leash (I guess both literally and figuratively;)-RRB-, as the guard rails (when they are there) are not exactly substantive.

I hope not — and don't think it will — in fact, the upstate caucus will probably have Skelos on a very short leash.

The LG hopeful is a self - professed «loose cannon» when it comes to the press (consider, for example, the walking back he had to do after splitting with Cuomo on the mosque / Islamic center issue), which might explain why he's being kept on a short leash.

Consolidators are kept on a short leash by their party; sometimes only too willingly.

In fact it's the Tories (who get half their annual donations from the banks) who adjust their policies to keep the City of London and the CBI bosses sweet, whereas Labour notoriously has kept the unions marginalised on a short leash, has not reversed the crippling impediments imposed by the most extreme Thatcherite anti-trade union legislation, and has made virtually no concessions to the unions to assist their membership or strengthen their role.

For example, the team that edited human embryos earlier this year saw no off - target effects, thanks to prep work aimed at keeping CRISPR on a shorter leash.

«Cats that range freely outdoors live shorter, more violent lives than cats on leashes or kept indoors ``

Money can be used as power, keeping you dependent and on a short leash.

Toller seems to be kept on a short leash by Jeffers, who's overseeing First Reformed's 250th anniversary re-consecration celebration, funded (and influenced) by the corrupt and vehement corporate CEO Edward Balq (Michael Gaston), a denier of climate change whose company, we learn, is one of the world's worst environmental offenders.

Her mother (Geraldine James, in a truly chilling performance) keeps Moll on the shortest of possible leashes, for reasons which aren't entirely clear at first.

It is who she wants to be, and eventually she is so feral it makes you wonder uneasily if her mother kept her on a short leash for a reason.

It's a remarkable feat for an actor who tends to get a little out of control at times, and whether or not director Spike Jonze had anything to do with keeping him on a short leash, it's what ultimately makes the role one of his absolute best.

Charlie Plummer (no relation to Christopher) plays young Getty as mild - mannered, laid back, aware of his privilege yet on a relatively short financial leash.

Jonah Hill (in his final pre-weight loss role) can be really annoying when he's not kept on a short leash, and director David Gordon Green is notorious for doing the complete opposite.

The local boys are mesmerized by the mysterious Lisbon sisters, who are kept on a short leash by overprotective parents James Woods and Kathleen Turner.

She attributes this opposition mainly to school boards which, I suspect, are on tight, short leashes held by the teachers» union.

Instead, it wants to be kept on a shorter leash, calling for brief and concise orders, a smart driving line, and a rhythm that does justice to the potential of the suspension, brakes, steering, and drivetrain.

Yet, she's been kept on a short leash since her older brother died on the battlefield.

And ever since, the Federal Reserve has kept them on a short leash, massively restricting their ability to pay or raise a dividend.

-LSB-...] Poorer Than You has some useful advice for students about keeping your student loans on a short leash.

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Note that most managers should have long horizons, but clients evaluate the returns of the past quarter or month, and the manager feels as if he is on a short leash, which makes him look to the next month or quarter, and makes him invest more like an index.

Perhaps Kings could do that, though often they didn't, but democratic officials are on a short leash from their electorates.

It kept me on a short leash with a selection of their top choices.

Living on such a short leash can make paying unexpected bills difficult, especially if you're shackled with a lot of credit card debt.

You should be selling your losing stocks and putting your weaker stocks on short leashes.

The leash is lightweight on your dog and you can heel train in the short position or more casually walk in the long position.

A harness allows for greater control, and you'll want to keep your dog on a short leash.

For the first month after surgery your dog should only be allowed outside, on a leash, to urinate and defecate and for a short walk.

I am a huge proponent of having puppies wear a short leash (drag line) when they are supervised with direct eye contact by an adult (never to be left on when not supervised or in the crate — as the puppy may chew and consume the leash... creating a major health issue).

He walks nicely on a leash and seems to enjoy short walks.

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Put the dog on a short leash (not to short) and it will discourage them from trying to dictate the pace.