Example sentences of "to keep it [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technical yeah the technical people but you have to ensure do n't you that with with your audience that you understand who they are but if you do n't then you have to keep it to a common denominator . |
| 2 | His agent , Giles Gordon of Sheil Land , had reacted to the sight of the manuscript with alarm , but was won around by reading it : ‘ He said that perhaps it should be cut a bit , but that we should aim to keep it to the same kind of scale . ’ |
| 3 | Its success was very evident and I would hope to keep it as a regular feature of the conference . |
| 4 | When opened , relates David Gieve in his bicentenary history of the famous tailors , it disclosed a small life insurance policy and a charming letter in which he said he wished the proceeds of the policy to be applied to settling his final account , and if there was a surplus he would be glad for Gieves to keep it as a modest token of his gratitude for a lifetime 's service . |
| 5 | At the time of Cats , for example , there were lots of offers to turn that into a film , but his instinct was to keep it as a musical play and hold off the film offers . |
| 6 | The rugged mountain region between Little Loch Broom and Loch Maree is regarded with affection and apprehension by conservationists and mountaineers alike , their concern being to keep it as an unspoilt wilderness against the growing threat of infiltration by unsympathetic tourists and insensitive planners . |
| 7 | A chap named , ooh , Harry , he used to keep it for a long while , and er then of course , th the post office was on the er , opposite side of the road to where it is now . |
| 8 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 9 | and you 'll probably want to keep it for a little while ? |
| 10 | He had resolved to keep it for the whole year , egged on by his father , who had promised him a new bicycle if he succeeded . |
| 11 | As it moves , the scorpion relies on information from air passing over its hairs to keep it on a straight course . |
| 12 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 13 | Do I get a prize for being the 1000th person to point out that guitar music is written up an octave , not down , to keep it on the treble clef ? |
| 14 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 15 | ‘ During the time we had the picture in our possession , in an attempt to keep it off the international art market we consulted the criminal police , and attempted to put the picture on the index of important works of art which can not leave Germany . |
| 16 | As he snipped several inches off the length of Aimee 's hair , he pointed out why he encourages all his clients who have fine hair to keep it in a short style — or at least above their shoulders . |
| 17 | ‘ Magnus is among the top assets in the XEU portfolio and my job is to keep it in the premier league , ’ he says . |