Sentences with phrase «tight reins on»

First, rather than giving workers a true chance to prosper, the companies keep tight reins on key aspects of the business, restricting workers» earning potential while saddling them with hefty lease payments and reducing pay to poverty levels.

Even though there aren't a ton of apps available yet, it's clear Apple is keeping a tight rein on the types of apps which are being developed.

Though the prevailing mantra among startups is «bigger is better,» keeping a tight rein on expansion may actually be better for the company.

It would be obliged to keep a very tight rein on its borrowing or lenders, fearing insolvency, would demand higher, possibly much higher, interest rates, as has happened in Europe.

Acceptance of the PE value proposition has grown over the years in the region, but Asia - Pacific business owners still prefer to maintain a tight rein on their companies.

26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

A Church of England leader has urged the government to have a tighter rein on how the NHS handles mental... More

When it comes to picking and choosing, McKnight uses as an example James 1:26 - 27, in which James writes that «those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless,» noting that, in his church, «we didn't measure Christian maturity by control of the tongue.»

As concerns rise over children are seeing too many gambling adverts, a Christian advocacy charity has called for a tighter rein on the gambling industry.

But though Jurgen Damm on the other flank threatened danger, Jonathan Maidana kept a tight rein on French centre forward Andre Gignac.

Parties in power maximise utility by keeping a tight rein on judiciary governance, not by ceding it to judges.

The implication here is that in an emotionally charged situation, women are better equipped to keep a tighter rein on their tempers, says Gur, who conducted this research.

Warner Brothers has held a tight rein on reviews of Will Smith's latest star vehicle, embargoing, with great success, all reviews until last Wednesday.

Michael Pearce kept a tight rein on the actors and the script most of the time only the soundscape and music occasionally went over the top.

The doctor keeps a very tight rein on his patient.

Most schools the company works with have at least one ongoing issues around ICT, whether that's around reducing costs or keeping a tighter rein on the IT budget without any financial surprises, recruiting and retaining good technical staff, developing an effective strategy, or building trust in ICT with your teachers so they feel more empowered to use technology in the classroom.

The quattro permanent all - wheel drive system, a sophisticated chassis, and stupendous brakes keep a tight rein on the power.

This reality has forced Google to realize that a little control over their operating system isn't a bad thing, beginning with a tighter rein on the Play Store (making it look an awful lot more like Apple's App Store).

While descriptions are explicit, action shocking, and language rough, Myers has kept a tight rein on his telling, presenting, in unadorned prose, the way it was.

The majority of us keep tight rein on our marketing efforts so we don't humiliate ourselves or compromise our integrity.

Since the ebook is a file that can be endlessly copied without trace, publishers understandably keep a tight rein on them.

It's just the first round of Honeycomb tablets that Google is keeping a tight rein on.

This is because AISC keeps a tight rein on the players in the Australian financial industry.

You have to keep a tight rein on your spending.

By keeping a tight rein on the use of your card, you won't allow your debt to run away from you.

Begin making monthly payments on the debt in the amount you've determined you can afford, again after keeping a very, very tight rein on your household expenses.

Keeping a tighter rein on spending can also help you avoid bankruptcy.

Setting agendas, time limits, and processes for which conversations should happen outside of meetings are great ways to keep a tight rein on meetings.

That said, business owners and entrepreneurs must still keep a tight rein on their spending.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Alms Comity and Plunder, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy (2016); nomenclature movement free pressure power weight, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, OH (2015); and 48 • Keep a tight rein on your temper, The Bindery Projects, Saint Paul, MN (2013).

This is a very good show, but though at first it seems to demonstrate just how diverse and rich the current state of painting is, it also suggests that today's artists — if this is in any way a true representation and I think it probably is — are keeping a tight rein on their emotions, as well their aesthetic convictions.

Ligon managed to keep a tight rein on the project, also called «Blue Black,» yet produced a survey of works that was as broad, eclectic and engaging as the whole of the anarchic world of contemporary art.

These are aimed at compliance officers, who need to keep a tight rein on client money, reduce risk exposure and monitor the effectiveness of their probate departments in a competitive market place.

For example, the Roman Catholic Church kept a tight rein on religious expression throughout the Middle Ages; consider the Spanish Inquisition when anti-church dissent was quashed and the unfaithful (i.e., non-Catholics) were expelled from Spain or killed.

The courts can justify keeping a tight rein on intervenors, but good EA requires approval processes for major projects to be open to all.

Google is keeping a relatively tight rein on Android Wear, leaving little room for differentiation when it comes to hardware.

As for exchanges themselves, they will go about their business under the guidelines listed in their joint statement above, guides that appear to keep a tight rein on their activities.

I kept a tighter rein on who was in and who wasn't until 2015, when I changed gears again and started writing my latest book, Build Your Dream Network.

The latter approach helped pioneering off - price retailers like T.J. Maxx keep a tight rein on inventories and add a treasure hunt experience to shopping, Kniffen says.

Keeping a tight rein on stuff is my coping mechanism.

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It helps me keep my reins tight on greed and fear (to which it is so easy to fall prey to) so that i can take good care of my money.

But these moments were few and far between with Dean Cox keeping Bacary Sagna on a tight rein.

The first problem with the reshuffle in the European context is the removal of checks and balances that, until now, have kept Conservative Euroscepticism on a relatively tight rein.

With the departure of Kevin Williamson, who authored the previous Screams as well as a tidy outline for Scream 3 (that, for reasons incomprehensible to me, was ignored, save the notion of «Stab 3» and, apparently, a pomo sequence — perhaps not coincidentally, this film's best — that takes place on the «set» of Sidney's house from the first Scream), Kruger needed to be reined in tighter, and by Wes Craven, who knows from Krugers.

Even as the Cabinet members in charge of foreign and defense matters seem to be gaining in discretion and authority, one wonders how tight will be the White House reins on the domestic side.

It helps me keep my reins tight on greed and fear (to which it is so easy to fall prey to) so that i can take good care of my money.

In couples therapy sessions clients need the therapist to keep a tight hold on the reins by shepherding mutually respectful talking and eliciting responsive listening.