Example sentences of "be kept [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an experiment produces animals that are to be kept for a long period , or that are to form the basis of a breeding colony . |
| 2 | In a hospital or a bank , where records have to be kept for a long time , the files would not be deleted routinely , but stored in archives until the expiry of the prescribed storage period . |
| 3 | The cost need not be very high and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that the finished result will be kept for a long time , if not forever , by the recipient . |
| 4 | These can be kept for a long time and are likely to breed . |
| 5 | This also enables any eventual profit to be kept in the long term , avoiding the problem that if it is retained , any eventual surplus would have to go back to the borrower . |