Example sentences of "to keep [noun] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial judge , Rice J , found in the squatters ' favour : Boosey said the fence was there to keep sheep out from the land he was treating as his own … |
| 2 | In an effort to keep weight out of the eyes of the yacht , the stemhead roller may be unshipped when not in use and stowed away further aft . |
| 3 | Six months later Acheson indicated that the United States wished to keep Taiwan out of the hands of mainland China . |
| 4 | Barlow said : ‘ It is up to me to keep Neil out of the side and prove the manager wrong . |
| 5 | Many computer-aided machines have locks to keep workers out of the innards . |
| 6 | The Devil tempts all God 's creatures so as to keep goodness out of the world . |
| 7 | The public transport network should also be improved to encourage people to use this instead of a car and a park and ride system might be introduced to keep traffic out of the centre . |
| 8 | ‘ However , David Pleat did not want to sell him because he was involved in trying to keep Luton out of the relegation situation . |
| 9 | The earth from the ditches would have been dug out and used to bank up the path to keep people out of the quagmire that is the norm in my county . |
| 10 | Pupils must not be used as a means to keep teachers up to the mark . |
| 11 | In a separate study which Jenkins and Sherman quote , from the Institute of Manpower Studies at the University of Sussex , the estimate was that for there to be enough jobs created to keep unemployment down to the levels of the mid-1970s there would need to be growth in the gross domestic product ( GDP ) averaging 3.5 per cent per annum in the UK . |
| 12 | Mexico is often depicted as being characterised by ‘ charrismo ’ , the phenomenon of trade unions being controlled by the state , in order to keep wages down in the service of capital accumulation and accelerated economic growth . |
| 13 | The region suffers high unemployment , rural as well as urban deprivation , and in many areas schools struggle to keep children on beyond the age of 16 . |
| 14 | Someone , after all , has to be around to keep Microsoft up to the mark . |
| 15 | Supply would be regulated by a system of government licences analogous to those already in force for tobacco and alcohol ( and which would serve , among other things , to keep drugs out of the hands of children ) , backed by strict policing and heavy penalties . |
| 16 | Hoeing , the traditional way to keep weeds down during the summer , is very effective for beds and borders and among vegetables , provided you do it frequently and do not let perennial weeds form a good root system . |
| 17 | I was always afraid that Hindley would hurt his small son , either by accident or on purpose , when he was drunk , so I tried to keep Hareton out of the way . |