Example sentences of "keeping [art] lid " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police force face the virtually impossible task of keeping the lid on the explosive mixture of ingredients that the dynamics of British society have assembled in the inner city . |
| 2 | Keeping the lid on his bubbly personality has always been an important part of managing Ian Wright . |
| 3 | Instead of controlling Government spending , and keeping the lid on inflation , the Labour Government borrowed more and more — increasing spending by over 12 per cent in just one year ( 1974–5 ) , and presiding over an inflationary spiral the like of which has never been recorded before or since . |
| 4 | But erm generally , s what we say , keeping the lid on the problem . |
| 5 | At the moment all we 're doing is keeping the lid on a still a pretty serious problem . |
| 6 | He was also aware that constant allusions to the awful consequences of not keeping the lid screwed down would bring to heel , like so many Pavlovian dogs , those within his own camp who hankered after some form of leadership other than his . |
| 7 | Over the next five days , events behind the scenes moved at breakneck speed , although with Admiral Thomson keeping the lid screwed down tight on the newspapers , radio and newsreels , the British public had little to feed on except rumours , and snippets not to be trusted but disturbingly suggestive — gleaned from German broadcasts . |
| 8 | Or it may be there but the police and the stewards are n't allowing it to come out because they 're keeping a lid on it so efficiently these days . |
| 9 | A leading industry figure said : ‘ We could have real problems keeping a lid on this situation . ’ |