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Many understand the impact on their own supplies, but it's trickier trying to get a grip on disruptions to their suppliers' suppliers.

The BBC was trying to get a grip on how new technologies are changing the way people use television, radio and new media.

She managed to get a grip on her feeling at the news of her husband's faithlessness.

There has recently been evidence that the center is trying to get a grip on the most flagrant abuses of the system.

Right now you might be thinking that the only way to get a grip on your career is to hit the marketplace.

Clenching your fist could be enough to help you get a grip on your memory.

I stopped on the bridge and leaned over the railings, gazing, unseeing, into the water, trying to get a grip on myself.

Paul says the hard words: Stay there and get a grip on the thing you were called to do, in the place you were called to do it.

By now politicians were hotfooting it back, to get a grip on a situation that had clearly spiralled out of control.

By now politicians were hotfooting it back, to get a grip on a situation that had clearly spiraled out of control.

And it is under pressure from the credit-ratings agencies to send a strong message of its determination to get a grip on public finances.

It was only during the past few months that I have been able to get a grip on my eating habits.

They will have to put into law their determination to get a grip on public finances.

Get a grip on this: Racquet handles are downsizing faster than General Motors among both pros and recreational players.

With China's recovery well advanced, the central bank is keen to get a grip on bank lending and keep a lid on inflationary pressures.

Some people assert that nothing is impossible . Such people should get a grip on reality and understand it's impossible.

But it must also get a grip on what is an abusive system of local government finance before this becomes a bigger problem.

Another frequently voiced complaint is that he has failed to get a grip on the Roman Curia , the central administration of the church.

Now redubbed the "pact for the euro" , it stipulates that all euro-zone countries put into law a pledge to get a grip on public debt.

If a new government can show that it will get a grip on the public finances, this would help bolster confidence.

Financial markets have plunged on concerns about the ability of Europe to get a grip on the crisis.

Such people should get a grip on reality and understand it's impossible to create another Universe .

They're the only practical way to get a grip on your spending so you can make sure your money is used the way you want it to be used.

He better simmer down and get a grip on himself.

Officials find it hard to get a grip on this.

Yes, yes, it's all very sad, but get a grip on yourself, Hagrid, or we'll be found.

Whatever it is you are procrastinating on, if you want to get it done, you need to get a grip on yourself and do it.

Then fear may get a grip on you and manifest itself in all kinds of situations.

Hey, hey, get a grip on yourself, okay? Man up.

Maybe I can finally get a grip on my health.

There's something you need first to get to grips with, then to get a grip on.

Get a grip on yourselves, people!

The good news is that policy makers have several tools at their disposal to get a grip on money-supply growth.

The council must get a grip on them fast.

They feel that if they can just bind XML tightly into familiar metaphors, then they can get a grip on modeling problems.

But it also showed that the government began to get a grip on the problem last year, with debt growth slowing sharply to 19 per cent.

First we need to get a grip on our debts.

Get a grip on yourself, will you?

The two categories are most important these are the ones you have to get a grip on.

And now his perceived failure to get a grip on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is hurting him;

You can get a grip on English only when you study hard