tight control
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftightandcontrol
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tight
adjective
adverb
uk/taɪt/us/taɪt/
(held or kept together) firmly ...
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control
noun
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition oftightandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftight control
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The important point here, however, is that this beneficial impact ontightcontrolthrough institutional investors is rarely realized because most firms are under lesstightcontrol.
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For those who maintain an illusion oftightcontrol, the book will be an eye-opener.
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However, outside the lab suchtightcontrolis not possible so that predictions necessarily lose precision.
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This culminated in contemporary proposals for the privatization andtightcontrolof open space.
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There is verytightcontrol.
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There is fairlytightcontrol.
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This proof is relatively complex because of the need fortightcontrolover the strengths of type variables.
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For example, "tightcontrol" of diabetes has proven to be highly efficacious, even in relatively mild cases.
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Two sets of line drawings used as stimuli exercisetightcontrolover what the narrator must notice and relate.
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This can be accounted for in part by thetightcontrolmaintained by the official censorship over the press.
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The need fortightcontrolmay well have seemed plausible to public health officials, researchers, and producers.
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We needtightcontrolof public spending.
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I will continue to maintaintightcontrol.
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I am all for verytightcontrol.
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Are they exercising sufficientlytightcontrol?
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So they keep it undertightcontrol.
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There must betightcontrolat local level.
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Scottish local authorities have been subject totightcontrol.
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We are maintaining a verytightcontrolon administrative costs.
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Therefore, it has to keeptightcontrolof its costs.
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We are anxious to keep the duration undertightcontrol.
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So doestightcontrolover public borrowing and spending.
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Notwithstanding this cash overrun, public expenditure remains undertightcontrol.
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There is atightcontrolon home radio and newspapers.
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It is extremely important to keep it undertightcontrol.
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