the purse strings

A future where we hold the purse strings on all those who matter.

The government should have more control over the purse strings, according to some.

It took away from their control over the purse strings.

But they are not ready to cut the purse strings from their parents just yet.

We would certainly want to speak to the most senior people who control the purse strings.

She held the purse strings on a fat insurance policy.

If you don't trust yourself with the purse strings, let someone else hold them for a while.

The people who own the company - the ones whose money is being used - need to have control over the purse strings.

After all, who controls the purse strings and the power?

They can't go under while he holds the purse strings.

The other, until fairly recently, held the purse strings and the power.

She'd always kept a very tight hold on the purse strings.

Power usually ends up in the hands of those who hold the purse strings.

But the problem is that she controls the purse strings.

The show already has a powerful claim on the purse strings.

It's also made after the fact, so it doesn't do much to pull in the purse strings.

Is the problem simply that the medical establishment has control of the purse strings?

Two disabled people in a marriage can test the purse strings.

"Individual centre boards don’t hold the purse strings, but the government does."

It still seems as if they are keeping the purse strings tight.

So we could have a different chancellor holding the purse strings by then.

But Republicans are also to blame, after all, we've held the purse strings.

But Parliament members believe that they would control something just as important: the purse strings.

He said the responsibility lies with the "people at the top who control the purse strings".

The Government have no intention of giving power to anyone except those who hold the purse strings.