11. Learn to keep a tight rein on spending to be sure it doesn't exceed your take-home pay. 12. He has done little to privatize the shattered Yugoslav economy, and keeps a tight rein on media. 13. He has done nothing to privatize the shattered Yugoslav economy, and keeps a tight rein on media. 14. Economists speculate that intense competition in all industries has forced companies to keep a tight rein on prices. 15. keep a tight rein on him.16. Hard-nosed chief resident Dr . Ellen Burgess keeps a tight rein on her sometimes unruly charges, who include: 17. The government has depended on a strong real to keep a tight rein on inflation through cheap imports. 18. The fauna throughout the oil lease zone remains pristine because the partnership keeps a tight rein on employees'activities. 19. Throughout the film, Washington keeps a tight rein on material that could easily have drifted into the mawkish. 20. In order to keep a tight rein on health-care costs, other countries are " controlling or restricting access,"