The 84-year-old, however, has a tight grip on power after 28 years at the top.

My own head was held in a tight grip so that I could not look away.

Held me in a tight grip so I couldn't escape.

His arm is back to my shoulder, a tight grip, and we are walking again.

Laura continued to hold the girl's face, but now she didn't keep a tight grip on it.

We have to keep a tighter grip on things next time.

I had to get a tight grip on myself in order not to make any mistakes now.

He took her by the arm, his grip painfully tight.

Throughout all of it, he had maintained a tight grip.

But people involved in the process said the company also planned to keep a tight grip on its budget.

When she spoke again, her voice was under rigid control.

If this thing ever works it will, in no small part, be down to his rigid control of my outbox.

At the same time, it is reluctant to give up too much of its rigid control at home.

Frank just kept rigid control over himself, but his loyalty was unbreakable.

She was keeping herself under rigid and obvious control.

We are too used to our countryside being safe and under rigid control.

Kirk couldn't decipher the expression on her face, but she seemed to feel a need to hold herself under rigid control.

Only the most rigid control kept him from calling the guard.

We need rigid controls and, perhaps, financial sanctions to deal with the black sheep.

The French 70's, on the other hand, were about rigid mental control, power plays by the critic over the artist and text.

Griffin said the winner's car undergoes a rigorous inspection after the race.

Now that the subject is better understood, rigorous inspection and nondestructive testing procedures are in place.

Mr. Fox said he welcomed more rigorous inspections of private driving schools.

Those schools that perform particularly well would receive an even lighter, but still rigorous, inspection.

The main approach has been to try to prevent contamination through careful handling, rigorous inspections and government regulation.

There were even a few more that would pass the most rigorous inspection.

This guarantee of quality recognises professional standards following rigorous and regular inspections.

Techniques such as rigorous inspection have been shown to help deal with these issues.

Whether the Vienna talks lead to rigorous new inspections is up to Iraq.

After a rigorous inspection, it was approved as a safe work environment, in which the highest quality patient care was provided.