Example sentences of "[noun pl] to keep the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll not allow these unelected faceless Tory supporters to keep the public in the dark . |
| 2 | The posture is set by angling the body forward from the waist and flexing the knees to keep the weight even between toes and heels . |
| 3 | The annual catalogue of Her Majesty 's Stationery Office covers both parliamentary and non-parliamentary publications and there are also monthly and even daily lists to keep the information fresh , as well as sectional lists on particular governmental areas . |
| 4 | The defendants were aware of this but took no steps to keep the children out . |
| 5 | Down-filled bags use a system of internal baffles at intervals between the inner and outer shells to keep the down evenly dispersed and maintain loft . |
| 6 | New recruits to keep the militia up to establishment , and to allow longer-serving members to go home , were selected by ballot . |
| 7 | No matter how efficient the Institution , how quick its response times or how well it is known nothing would be possible without those who raise the funds to keep the RNLI running , and in reporting the reaching of the end of another financial year in an excellent position to plan for our future the Chairman extended his thanks once again to the fund raisers . |
| 8 | RADIO Wyvern , of Worcester , won a ‘ noise consciousness ’ award yesterday after producing a series of jingles urging listeners to keep the volume down . |
| 9 | All I 've got is slant eyes to keep the sand out . ’ |
| 10 | Back in 1911 , the first editorial called upon readers to keep the editor informed . |
| 11 | However there is still a long way to go and I would like to ask all Assay readers to keep the fund raising ideas and , most importantly , the money coming in ! |
| 12 | We should always consume sufficient calories to keep the metabolism buoyant . |
| 13 | Then , for four of the culprits there were whopping fines of £50 — which were paid immediately — plus even heftier sureties to keep the peace . |
| 14 | They 're only baskets to keep the birds off . |
| 15 | On the riverside rose the shapes of a possible future : a ‘ Dome of Discovery ’ with a diameter of 365 feet to keep the rain , which was very plentiful that summer , off the exhibits . |
| 16 | It emerged that Michael Heseltine , Kenneth Clarke , Malcolm Rifkind and Tristan Garel-Jones from the Trade , Home , Defence and Foreign Ministries had signed public interest immunity certificates to keep the Whitehall memos out of court . |
| 17 | But the Iranian foreign minister , Ali Akbar Velayati , appealed to western countries to keep the Rushdie issue separate from bilateral relations with Iran . |
| 18 | One of the main problems is that professionals often ask parents to keep the child under observation all day . |
| 19 | You must come with me into the tower to accomplish this foul work , since Yet is slain — I need your aid stoking the boilers to keep the electricity at full voltage . |
| 20 | Oxfordshire Coroner Nicholas Gardiner recorded a verdict of accidental death , and warned people with solid fuel boilers to keep the flues clean , and the machinery in good working order . |
| 21 | ‘ We intend to keep it in its present immaculate condition and to taxi her up to take-off speeds at regular intervals to keep the engines and flight systems in perfect working order . |
| 22 | Then , as we built up through the storeys we were checking continually by plumbing and levelling the brickwork at regular intervals to keep the curvature constant . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I have held my hand time and again , and even when they drove me to act I have abated my askings to keep the balance true and save Wales from worse enmity . |
| 24 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |
| 25 | There is also an implied covenant imposed upon the landlords of high rise blocks to keep the lifts , stairs and corridors reasonably fit and safe for use : Liverpool City Council v Irwin [ 1976 ] AC 39 ( see Chapter 6 , p. 167 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Instead of pushing transistor count and die size to their limit , it divides the processor into a set of chips to keep the size of each one relatively modest . |
| 27 | They served Caledor well and when the Dark Elves were driven from Ulthuan he foresaw the need for constant patrols to keep the island safe . |
| 28 | Before 1981 the Bank of England as a matter of course deliberately sold sufficiently large amounts of Treasury bills to keep the discount houses short of liquidity . |
| 29 | Because you had to put in the level plugs for them to keep the level and the centre lines to keep the centre . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're just about making enough from traditional paperweights to keep the Specialist Division afloat . |