Example sentences of "[conj] keep [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | of fighting back or keeping self-respect . |
| 2 | If a related question ( eg ‘ Have you received any training or instruction in setting up or keeping accounts ’ ) resulted in a negative answer , then this could be pursued further to find a way of improving the situation ; for example by arranging for accounting instructions to be held at the EPH , or by ensuring that newcomers received formal or informal training in accounting procedures , and so on . |
| 3 | For milk , or meat , or keeping sense |
| 4 | As a result of the illness , people with schizophrenia often have great difficulty in finding or keeping employment , housing , and relationships . |
| 5 | Rounding up the elephants and trying to count them was a hellish job , much more difficult than anyone had foreseen because of the vast area , the confusing vegetation and terrain , and the impossibility of labelling the beasts or keeping track of them once they had been found and counted once . |
| 6 | Besides anchorites who were physically enclosed , there were also those who led eremitical lives of greater physical mobility , preaching and teaching , sometimes performing labouring tasks like road-mending or keeping care of bridges , sometimes living more haphazardly off the charity of others . |
| 7 | He adapted from the earthen vessel used by Yorkshire housewives for washing linen , a ‘ pneumatic trough ’ for collecting or keeping gases over water . |
| 8 | Economic effects : loss to community of school-related jobs , income , or services ; difficulty in attracting workers or keeping workers in the community . |
| 9 | However the Revenue will not seek to apply s 245 where changes are attributable to increased efficiency or to keep pace with developing technology . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman well knows that there has been a dramatic increase in national health service spending on any measure one cares to take , far and above the amount necessary either to keep pace with the general level of inflation or to keep pace with the level of inflation in medical costs . |
| 11 | The actual terms of the membership have not been revealed , so it is unclear whether Novell will purchase two memberships or keep USL 's membership with a re-negotiated fee . |
| 12 | Speak or keep silence , there will be no easy course for you . ’ |
| 13 | If you are not a very competent mechanic then entrust to someone who is or keep LHD . |
| 14 | ‘ In the days before there was much legislation on public health matters , public nuisance was the only offence for which it was possible to prosecute those who stank out the neighbourhood with fumes from glassworks , tanneries and smelters , or who kept pigs in the streets , or kept explosives in dangerous places … |
| 15 | The years of battles and punishment that have not worked help them realize that keeping calm , ignoring slight misbehaviour , and rewarding appropriate behaviour are more effective ways of controlling their children and of having a more pleasant life . |
| 16 | Bett just did n't realize that keeping company was no longer a walled alley leading to the altar . |
| 17 | Measurements of body damage ; for example , if you find that keeping chickens in a particular way results in a large number having broken bones before they die , that is important in assessing the effect of that condition on the welfare of the animal . |
| 18 | Also provided , and not before time , are independent horizontal and vertical rules which means that keeping track of the number of lines of copy on a page is extremely easy , you simply set the vertical ruler scale to be the same as the leading . |
| 19 | A sententious , self-righteous approach as the artist-legislator spoke a mixture of scorn and complacency that most politicians know how to avoid , suggested that keeping Mr Kureishi off one 's bandwagon was the beginning of wisdom . |
| 20 | Research shows that keeping babies too warm can be fatal . |
| 21 | The line was engaged so she went upstairs , thinking that keeping Harbury happy was becoming a burden . |
| 22 | Any method of calculating the cost of additional overheads is contentious , as there is no universally accepted method , other than keeping records of actual costs . |
| 23 | The plain fact is that even in a deposit based account , unless you 're a non-tax payer , any interest you make will already have had tax deducted and you may find your money is probably doing no more than keeping pace with inflation . |
| 24 | Whilst all this was going on , the enemy night defences were of course more than keeping pace with our ever-changing methods . |
| 25 | Keeping colleagues in the picture is more important than keeping parents informed about the minutiae of school management . |
| 26 | In 1986 , one of America 's largest and oldest enterprises announced that it was changing the way it assigned its personnel : the US Army discarded a system that assigned soldiers to their units individually in favor of a system that keeps teams of soldiers together for their entire tours of duty . |
| 27 | One of the few things that keeps movies worth watching is the vitality of all the marvellous comedians from Saturday Night Live and SCTV : Bill Murray , John Candy and so on , terrific personalities who can bring a vibrancy even to dead scripts . ’ |
| 28 | Boro scored only their second away win of the season in the FA Premier League — the other was at Manchester City in September — and they fully deserved the success that keeps survival hopes alive . |
| 29 | That bridges much of the spread , but not all : it is worth maybe 5% , less 1% or so for the annual management fee that keeps Whizzquid on his toes . |
| 30 | Prof Hilary Graham said : ‘ Our report suggests it is the experience of living in poverty that keeps women smoking . |