Example sentences of "[verb] their grip on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an American commentator put it , ‘ a duchess abdicates when her son comes to his title ; she is turned out of the mansion where she once presided … ’ especially through this single-minded concentration of resources through inheritance on a principal heir that the English aristocracy were able to tighten their grip on the land . |
| 2 | On balance , however , it looks as though by May 1183 Henry II and Richard were beginning to lose their grip on the war . |
| 3 | The issue of jobs was now added to the left agenda , as the print workers finally lost their grip on the production jugular of the industry in the first fundamental update of print technology since the late Middle Ages . |
| 4 | In the great cities , people had to make more choices for themselves as traditional social institutions like the family and the church lost their grip on the individual . |
| 5 | The result has been that the minority Free Democrats ( FDP ) , with only 79 seats in the Bundestag , can maintain their grip on the balance of power for decades . |
| 6 | It was only when they tensed , curling and tightening their grip on the floor , did he realise they were alive . |
| 7 | The mountains can be a dangerous place — weather changes rapidly leaving climbers and walkers ‘ blind ’ while hands and feet can easily lose their grip on the slopes covered with neve or tightly packed snow . |
| 8 | The Office of Fair Trading is investigating claims that the big tour-operators and their chain of travel agents are using their muscle to restrict customer choice and tighten their grip on the market . |
| 9 | The Office of Fair Trading is investigating claims that the big tour-operators and their chain of travel agents are using their muscle to restrict customer choice and tighten their grip on the market . |
| 10 | MOTOR RACING : Bicester-based racing car builders Reynard tightened their grip on the Japanese Formula 3000 championship at the weekend when Brazilian Paolo Carcasci won the second round at Fuji Raceway in a 92D model . |
| 11 | Meanwhile in the besieged Bosnian capital , Sarajevo , at least eight people were killed and 95 injured in fighting as rebel Serbs tightened their grip on the strategic western suburbs . |
| 12 | Brazils are tenacious , and all the vibrators and air blasts in the world will not loosen their grip on the shell . |
| 13 | Despite the unexpected results , however , there was little prospect of immediate change within Tonga as the elected commoners remained a minority within the 29-member legislature , and the conservatives appeared to have strengthened their grip on the nine elected seats reserved for ( and elected by ) the country 's 33 hereditary nobles . |