1.   His main interest appeared to be keeping a grip on the speakership, not enacting policy.

2.   On the first day of the conference all parties were able to keep a grip on themselves and talk calmly.

3.   The recession could be avoided if business keeps a firm grip on its costs.

4.   You have to focus with a kind of relentless determination on keeping your grip.

5.   Then the fisherman finds himself desperately widening the hole with the point of the spike while trying to keep a grip on the rod with the other hand.

6.   And, by implying that there is only one enemy, both have kept a grip on the top of the market.

7.   But as the afternoon wore on, Martinez found it increasingly difficult to keep a grip on his pitches, and the lead.

8.   But the parties allowed Mobutu to keep his grip on power, despite the apparent political reforms.

9.   Commercial interests kept a grip on the land.

10.   Having lost the election, the military rulers never allowed the parliament to convene and has kept its grip on power.