31.   Consumers have large amounts of debt and are likely to put a lid on spending at the retail level, analysts said.

32.   Darkness had just about put a lid on the sodden gloom that scarred the day, and the figure below on the faded green turf was virtually an apparition.

33.   Flip, top each patty with a slice of cheese, then put a lid on the skillet and continue cooking until cheese is melted.

34.   Georgia will put the lid on the coffin.

35.   He wants the state to put a lid on prices and restore subsidies to farmers, before his ailing meat and dairy farm falls apart.

36.   Health plans are also more receptive to solicitations to physicians under growing pressure to put a lid on spiraling drug costs.

37.   He tried to put a lid on skyrocketing salaries.

38.   Hornets owner George Shinn tried to put a lid on those Don Nelson-to- Charlotte rumors by saying he has no plans to fire Coach Allan Bristow.

39.   I mean, who put the lid on the basket so the Heat could miss five free throws in the waning, crunch moments of the game?