1.   And Bailey was the Krazy Glue that kept them tight by keeping them loose.

2.   As steam filled the chamber, the rubber was pulled tight by a gear.

3.   He has kept budgets tight by privatizing some city services, a starting a competitive-bidding program for city contracts and reducing the number of city employees.

4.   Security was not unusually tight by nightfall.

5.   Security was tight by Halifax standards as the leaders arrived, although US journalists remarked that it was relaxed compared to Washington.

6.   The course suited the Swiss, set tight by their trainer Thierry Meynet.