Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] to keep [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lower labour mobility than elsewhere combines with this effect to keep salaries down and , crucially , to encourage a relatively high investment in training . |
| 2 | Some use to keep pigs too but not very many in Wyre . |
| 3 | Possibly , as war drew closer , the police wanted some pretext to keep Joyce on their books . |
| 4 | Sainsbury 's recycles heat from the refrigeration units in the stores and uses this heat to keep stores at the correct temperature whatever the weather outside . |
| 5 | In the weeks ahead the loneliness would intensify , but in the early days there was too much happening to keep homesickness at bay . |
| 6 | Meanwhile there are 40 more lambs each day to keep Rupert busy and he 's always grateful for help at feeding time . |
| 7 | The atmosphere is rich and steamy , Superintendant Sayers tries with little success to keep order . |
| 8 | Who dared abuse gimmicks or any device to keep production and consumption in pace with one another , both bounding inexorably upwards ? |
| 9 | But the monsoon rain will provide enough water to keep Kumana villu full and the lotus pads flourishing until the dry season comes round and the jacanas and all the other water birds are ready to start nesting again . |
| 10 | Radio RIN also has its own strategy to keep children abreast of current affairs worldwide . |
| 11 | Like all great chamber music , Byrd 's cantiones sacrae contain enough substance to keep performers in clover until the end of time . |
| 12 | In essence a simple sword-and-sorcery entertainment , it carries enough sophistication to keep adults as entertained as children . |
| 13 | So we could n't think of any reason to keep Scope 's stunning new snap of Courteney Cox from you a moment longer . |