Example sentences of "[modal v] keep up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must keep up the pressure on the lairds , the stream of meetings , so that we are all welded together , we feel our accumulated powers , day in day out . |
| 2 | Mr Baker must keep up the peacemaking . |
| 3 | Must keep up the family tradition you know . |
| 4 | ‘ What she means , ’ Ruth said pertly when Mrs Longhill had left the kitchen , ‘ is that her servants must keep up the standards ! ’ |
| 5 | However frustrating , Labour leaders must keep up the attack to put Britain back to work . |
| 6 | It 'll keep up the demand for English actors . |
| 7 | We first of all we used to give the food parcel every fortnight because it was half one week and half the next and now it 's a food parcel every week so they they 're guaranteed that basic sustenance you know and erm and we 'll keep up the up th up the fund raising and the money 's certainly still pouring in . |
| 8 | The murals of Diego Rivera for the Secretariat of Public Education in Mexico City are admitted by the critic Antonio Rodriguez not to be all of an equally high standard , ‘ but what poet could keep up the same lyrical flow for a thousand verses ? |
| 9 | However they said they would continue insisting on an 8pm bedtime and they would keep up the bedtime stories . |
| 10 | SHADOW Health Secretary Dave Blunkett vowed that Labour would keep up the fight to stop the Tories ruining the NHS . |
| 11 | But he perked up quickly and promised : ‘ We will keep up the argument . ’ |
| 12 | He is off to New Zealand with the International XV next month and will keep up the traditions set by Van Vollenhoven , Englebrecht , Muller , Nomis , Mordt and Du Plessis — to name but a few of the recent greats . |
| 13 | For their debut album ‘ Ireland 's Dancing Days ’ is released today and will keep up the harmonious accordion tradition — on the Emerald label . |
| 14 | We can keep up the pressure for more treaties just as public pressure led to the signing of the INF treaty in 1987 . |
| 15 | The question for investors now is whether the shares , excellent performers through the recession , can keep up the pace in a recovery . |
| 16 | Do you think you can keep up the patter ? ’ |
| 17 | If it can keep up the pace , ICL 's hope is that it could overtake IBM in the UK by 1996 . |
| 18 | However , Wanderers are true amateurs on the field and will no doubt battle until they give up , so let's hope Athletico can keep up the good work and send them home with three lost points and the Samaritans ’ telephone number . |
| 19 | If I can keep up the Peter Sellers act long enough without dying of laughing , I might just get meself a few pints out of it . |