Example sentences of "[adj] keep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First put the decimal point in the answer line , then divide out as usual keeping place values correct . |
| 2 | The pharmaceutical industry is willing to keep animal insulins available for patients who need them , although it will not fund a definitive large study assessing severe hypoglycaemia . |
| 3 | Kendall will come under increased pressure if he loses this fourth round replay and he is not prepared to keep faith with the players that failed him at Bramall Lane . |
| 4 | Or only those detailed to keep guard against any hint of attack from Tuathal 's side of the river . |
| 5 | An efficient maximum/minimum thermometer is essential for keeping a check on the heating and to assess whether ventilation and shading are adequate to keep day temperatures down to a reasonable level . |
| 6 | Estimates based on demographic pressures , advances in medical technology and the costs of implementing new government policies ( such as the introduction of new screening programmes ) also have their drawbacks , but they represent a pragmatic way of estimating whether funding has been adequate to keep pace with demand pressures . |
| 7 | Miss H. K. Todd , of Ramsgate , Kent said : ‘ We should be careful to keep sex in check ’ — clearly suggesting I should n't go over the top with this topic . |
| 8 | The mother sometimes finds it very difficult to give away an almost impossible to keep child and the child , when grown up , may think about why their mother gave them away . |
| 9 | They may do so within a Compact institution , in which case it will be fairly easy to keep track of the Compact entitlement . |
| 10 | They do n't move too fast , so they 're quite easy to keep track of . |
| 11 | The current screen mode is displayed in the centre of the information bar so it should be simple to keep track of what 's going on but dropping into Attribute mode and spraying colour across pixel boundaries can be very frustrating . |
| 12 | A gay text is one which lends itself to the hypothesis of a gay reading regardless of where the author 's genitals were wont to keep house . |
| 13 | Because the firm finds it hard to keep pace with demand , other conversion shops around the country may soon be licensed to do the job . |
| 14 | it 's hard to keep concentration right . |
| 15 | You may find it becomes hard to keep track of what 's going on between you . |
| 16 | Owen found it hard to keep track of all of them . |
| 17 | Greig has a benefit this year , having relinquished the captaincy in favour of Alec Stewart , who is likely to keep wicket in the one-day games , but not the championship . |
| 18 | You 're not supposed to keep medicine that long . ’ |
| 19 | It was supposed to keep retirement benefits safe from politicians ' tinkering . |
| 20 | In 1976 BR told the government : ‘ Current levels of investment are quite inadequate to keep pace with the rate at which the system and its assets are running down and wearing out … to maintain the present investment ceilings would entail the progressive decline and eventual closure of a substantial proportion of the system and its services . ’ |
| 21 | Although the two external pockets are perfectly adequate , the absence of an internal pocket is noticeable , especially in a fashion garment when it 's preferable to keep wallet , chequebook and bank cards inside . |
| 22 | Even under local management of schools there may be little that you can do about restoring peeling paint work and cleaning grimy windows , but it is possible to keep litter under control and flower beds and grassed areas looking attractive . |
| 23 | Although there is unanimous agreement that the profession should do everything possible to keep self-regulation and that both roles should somehow be kept within the Institute 's ambit , there is a desire to discuss what the Beds , Bucks and Herts Society describes as an ‘ underlying feeling of unease about the dual role ’ . |
| 24 | Inevitably , forecasters err on the side of optimism because it is always possible to keep whisky which remains unsold , but impossible to sell stock which was not produced in the first place . |
| 25 | So if you change number one and number two , it is possible to keep number three the same . |
| 26 | The reader needs to be very alert to keep track of all the periodicals and organisations , as well as people , that Taylor is obliged to introduce . |
| 27 | If the British system of policing is a social construction geared to the maintenance of élitist power and is primarily concerned to keep control over a materially disadvantaged underclass , then these same ‘ dangerous classes ’ seem to have willingly entered into this game of power-relations with their masters ; and by doing so they have deflected attention away from their own lack of privilege and power . |
| 28 | But some movement of the feet er is important to keep variety . |
| 29 | It is very important to keep weight down so that there is no extra strain on joints . |
| 30 | Interviewed on LBC yesterday , he said all members of the Cabinet would have to recognise it was important to keep control of public spending . |