31.   At the same time, faster productivity growth keeps a lid on costs and prices.

32.   BBV also kept the lid on rising costs.

33.   Because Islam is a minority religion in American, Muslims have tended to keep a lid on divisions within American Islam.

34.   Bell Atlantic continued kept a lid on costs.

35.   Bond traders are a policing mechanism, keeping a lid on inflation and economic growth.

36.   -- Roger White II, a black lawyer from a silk-stocking firm who is asked to represent Fanon and help keep a lid on the bubbling racial unrest.

37.   A drop in computer-related issues is expected to keep a lid on the advance.

38.   A routine shutdown of two refining plants also kept a lid on earnings in that division.

39.   A rise in bond yields further kept a lid on stock prices.

40.   A strong real has kept a lid on inflation, though it will lead to a record trade shortfall this year.