Example sentences of "and keep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this culture , business values were preeminent and , ‘ business values are here meant in the widest sense — a desire for expansion and growth , a high rate of increase in property values , finding and developing mass markets , and keeping capital moving and labor productive ’ . |
| 2 | At this point Mr Wilson the Strict Deputy Head arrived ( every school with more than one Deputy Head has a ‘ Strict ’ one for telling you off and keeping order in assemblies , and a ‘ Friendly ’ one for helping you when you 've been bullied ) . |
| 3 | Now we should have a look at further aspects of avian anatomy and keeping terminology to a minimum . |
| 4 | And keeping check on who was doing what , and when , and where , could well have proved as complicated as calling the roll after Dunkirk . |
| 5 | Chairman of the Committee , Philip Williams , said today , ‘ People with disabilities face particular problems in finding and keeping work . |
| 6 | Add beaten egg a little at a time , beating well after each addition and keeping mixture stiff . |
| 7 | Moreover , major advances were made in training child care staff both for residential work and for the fieldwork of finding substitute homes , supervising fostering and keeping contact with parents . |
| 8 | However he added : ‘ It is important for us to go on keeping cool and keeping calm , as we will . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It is important for us to go on keeping cool and keeping calm , as we will , ’ he added . |
| 10 | Some are associated with the sheer lack of resources to apply to the routines of bookkeeping , billing and chasing debts , assessing and settling VAT and tax liabilities and keeping track of liquidity . |
| 11 | However , I soon discovered that it could help me in many other ways , for example to take all the hard work out of doing my accounts , producing invoices and keeping track of stock . |
| 12 | Given Nicolae 's peculiar lack of empathy with other people , it may be that all his human emotions were concentrated on her , and on getting and keeping power of course . |
| 13 | All systems based on the ideal of equality break down in action : that is a point that might be expected of Waugh , but it is Orwell who makes it the more forcefully : ‘ Some animals are more equal than others ’ , as the pigs decree in Animal Farm , symbolising the easy self-justifications of Leninists in taking and keeping power . |
| 14 | I recall Leslie Compton of Middlesex bowling and keeping wicket in the same match and , somewhat to the annoyance of the spectators , padding and unpadding at the end of each over . |
| 15 | But at least for a little while Mama would be happy , and keeping Mama happy had become a way of life , almost . |
| 16 | These purposes include control of the purchasing activity , minimising wastage and keeping selling prices as keen as possible . |
| 17 | An artificially high voice can be achieved quite unconsciously by tightening the diaphragm and keeping tension in the neck . |
| 18 | Play times can be a time for reducing stress and keeping trouble out of school . |
| 19 | Responsibility for changing this and keeping information up to date can be delegated to a staff nurse or senior student . |
| 20 | When it is complete , the slender glass and steel tube , standing well over a quarter of a mile high and with a base diameter of only 43 metres , will soar above and keep watch over the garden of fin de siècle delights at La Défense . |
| 21 | Whereas females cooperate in hunting and in rearing cubs , male lions cooperate with one another in forming coalitions which try to gain and keep possession of groups of females . |
| 22 | You must try and keep calm for your child 's sake . |
| 23 | Well as I told you at you used to clip them that damn short and we when I was knocking them off , I had to keep dodging down , let the wag and keep knock clips off and chuck the one side and then the wagons came down They went down the hill like that , and then up here there was a hook line to stop them . |
| 24 | He had been born with a photographic memory and an unlimited store for knowledge , and the capacity to gather and keep information on any subject under the sun . |
| 25 | In others , they have done it because they have felt they have had to : perhaps they would have failed to attract and keep labour if the jobs had been too fragmented . |
| 26 | ‘ That I should go and keep house for Charles in Ipswich ? |
| 27 | You 'd do better to go and find someone beautiful and lively to marry who can cook and keep house and look after this little paradise of yours . ’ |
| 28 | In moving the motion this time I 'm not going to be very passionate like I normally am on on subjects in this council chamber I 'm I 'm actually gon na try and keep , I 'm actually going to try and keep politics down to a low level and er because I believe there conscience on all sides of this chamber . |
| 29 | Examples were given of regular meetings or occasions which enabled workers to identify and keep track of people in the community , regardless of whether they had the status of an active case . |
| 30 | It is impossible to remember and keep track of all your gestures but you should be careful to avoid the following : |