Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] keep " in BNC.

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1 the proletarian party must first of all advocate the proclamation and immediate realization of the complete freedom of secession from Russia of all the nations and peoples who were oppressed by Tsarism , or who were forcibly joined to or forcibly kept within the boundaries of the State .
2 She kept the pregnancy to herself — or rather kept it from herself , and from everyone else , for too long .
3 Meanwhile , Adobe has opened its doors , lifted the veil on Type 1 fonts and promised to do all it can to make , or rather keep , the current PostScript standard flying .
4 The two elements , those who more or less kept the rules and those who never tried , had always lived side by side in Paradise Street .
5 ‘ Basically what we did was occupy the airport and set up positions more or less to keep the locals , cattle and goats off the runway , ’ said Captain Dave Hall .
6 People who mix old and new oil or just keep topping it up are sacrificing the good oil for the bad .
7 " Or still keeping our relationship to a " strictly neutral business acquaintance " ?
8 ‘ He has forbidden me to fast or even keep the days of abstinence .
9 They could also be taken on to rough pasture , to distant resources , or even kept in woodland ( their natural habitat ) , though milkers would not be taken too far from the settlement .
10 Reading , or even keeping books in your home has become illegal and firemen must investigate all complaints , find the offenders and destroy their books , after which they will be dealt with appropriately .
11 USE THROWS TO GIVE NEW LIFE TO AN OLD SOFA , AN INSTANT CHANGE IN DECOR — OR SIMPLY TO KEEP YOU WARM .
12 You could get quite a lot from this book , either by reading it as a whole book , or by dipping into it either as you need to know something , or simply keeping it handy and reading the occasional topic when you get bored .
13 Deliberately buried either as ritual offerings to accompany the burial of the dead , as gifts to the gods , or else to keep objects safe , finds can also be buried as a means of disposal .
14 Wild creatures , tamed or untamed , shall be regarded as property ; but a person can not steal a wild creature not tamed nor ordinarily kept in captivity , or the carcase of any such creature , unless either it has been reduced into possession by or on behalf of another person and possession of it has not since been lost or abandoned , or another person is in course of reducing it into possession ( s.4(4) ) .
15 If he got on top of his weeds and successfully kept them under one could be sure he was a good farmer .
16 She waited thus for what she judged to be half an hour , moving a few steps to and fro to keep warm whenever the coast was clear .
17 Bourgeois ideology takes over the legitimizing functions of traditional society and thereby keeps power relations inaccessible to analysis and public consciousness .
18 On this you can balance extractive crops with fertility-building leys , grazing with cutting , and thereby keep the individual fields in balance with the overall potential of the land .
19 Economists advising President Boris Yeltsin 's government blamed the steep price rises on the inflationary credit policy of the Russian Central Bank chaired by Georgy Matiukhin , which had advanced 600,000 million roubles in credit in 1991 , at interest rates of 6 per cent , and thereby kept enterprises running ( despite the lack of consumer demand ) and enabled them to hoard stocks and raise prices .
20 A great variety of techniques for controlling insects are now available , and , sensibly co-ordinated , they could safely and effectively keep pests under control .
21 The hotel bedrooms are reached by a lift and are comfortable and spotlessly kept .
22 Citalia customers have been coming here for over 30 years and find simple accommodation and furnishings — fresh and spotlessly kept .
23 Like the house , it was neat , friendly and immaculately kept .
24 The illusion of success was maintained only because the group 's high share price enabled it to buy companies on the cheap and so keep pushing up total profits and earnings per share .
25 They now point to another threat : that the Americans will use the Gulf battlefields to test new weapons and so keep an arms race going , for quality if not quantity .
26 After the Falklands war , one could observe what great efforts relatives of soldiers and sailors killed there were prepared to make in order to visit their graves , and so keep memory alive .
27 In addition , some workers are members of professional organisations which are able to restrict entry into the profession and so keep salaries high .
28 This Livebearer can be quite a fighter and so keep just one male with a few females .
29 The prostaglandins also set off or cut down or stop specific enzyme reactions within the cells , thus allowing the body to react to the environmental stresses and insults and so keep itself intact .
30 All serious sport kite flyers are advised to join and so keep up to date with their official manual .
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