Example sentences of "[vb infin] to keep the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To work this correctly you would need to keep the welt almost as wide as the main part of the sweater and have the narrow cables running between only two or three plain stitches . |
| 2 | if some planning application consultations are delayed , this should be the result of a conscious decision , discussed with me — you will need to keep the team paperwork moving up to and during the inquiry . |
| 3 | Er it 's important to keep that constant twenty four hours a day there 's a danger area when new born babies are actually put into their own rooms , particularly in the winter , if they 're in the room with their , with their parents and the room temperature falls very low , the parent 's likely to notice and get cold themselves which means they 'll pay attention to the baby , if the baby is far end of the house , up the north end where the wind 's blowing , right , er what else can we do to keep the baby warm ? |
| 4 | There is no immediate prospect that I can ever have her back , but I would like to keep the door open for that . |
| 5 | And we would n't like to keep the Board members waiting , would we ? |
| 6 | Most directors would like to keep the company 's business premises free from further encumbrances if at all possible . |
| 7 | We would like to keep the ball alive , we like to keep the ball on the park and erm looking from there , we will be harrying , chasing ; we think we 've got a very good set of backs . |
| 8 | We 'd like to keep the church open all the time but you know how it is today . |
| 9 | Cyril Humphries , the dealer who supplied Dr Sackler with most of his maiolica , backs up Mrs Sackler 's claim , noting that ‘ Dr Sackler always told me he would like to keep the collection intact … he wanted eventually to collect the entire spectrum of ceramic arts , and the maiolica was only the first part of it . ’ |
| 10 | It is known , without doubt , that the Scottish Office and Scottish MPs would like to keep the Potato Marketing Board which Mr Gummer wants to scrap . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll give you your letter back , miss — unread , ’ the police-sergeant told Rosalind , with a grin , ‘ but I 'd like to keep the envelope , please , because it 's got a nice glossy surface and the man your sister saw stealing bulbs has left two lovely big fingerprints on it , which may or may not enable us to find out who he is , but will certainly prove whether the gardener who was sacked as the thief is innocent . |
| 12 | It also could not afford the $100m in annual costs it would face to keep the programme going . |
| 13 | Where quite often you would want to keep the stuff and quite often you would n't . |
| 14 | Illegal abortions should not be necessary in Russia , but a married woman having an affair might want to keep the abortion quiet . |
| 15 | In heavier air you will probably want to keep the boat square and play the waves . |
| 16 | Hence the bank will want to keep the risk of default low . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll want to keep the air-conditioning working pretty hard this summer . |
| 18 | Again , the defenders should endeavour to keep the initiative . |
| 19 | I erm unfortunately , er , agree with the previous speaker that a very strong calvinistic streak runs through me and I believe in the two parent family and also in the efforts that you should make to keep the family ge together , but I think too , there 's sp , er , perceptions of individuals and particularly , younger generations now in society , are so much different from my own perceptions when I initially became married and started my own family but what society has to look at the perceptions and expectations of the individuals in society . |
| 20 | A victim ( and in theory he could be male , although no man has yet , apparently , pursued a sexual harassment claim through the courts ) can leave and complain of unfair constructive dismissal but will often prefer to keep the option of staying on in the job and bringing a sex discrimination claim instead . |
| 21 | You may prefer to keep the diet simple during your working week and to save the more elaborate meal for the weekends of , if you feel really adventurous , for dinner parties . |
| 22 | The employers did however wish to keep the door open for the future , and proposed a ban of five years on women entrants — something which the union was prepared to accept in the hope that " natural reductions " over this period would leave the men in a commanding position . |
| 23 | In many instances , the mother of the child will wish to keep the child , but the father is unable to come to terms with the handicap , and the family is split up . |
| 24 | ‘ But whatever happens , we would try to keep the event going because so many people support it and come back year after year . ’ |
| 25 | Thus the central bank of country A might buy currency B in order to keep the domestic exchange rate at a competitive level , whereas country B might simultaneously try to keep the value of its currency down by buying currency A. In this manner a lack of cooperation , fostered by a system of floating exchange rates , can lead to conflict and mutually frustrating policies . |
| 26 | She did n't even try to keep the bitterness out of her tone . |
| 27 | Mach will try to keep the deal with us secret from the T'ang , and vice versa . |
| 28 | That definition will have to keep the issue within the framework of the parties ' original contract , but precision within that framework will save costs and uncertainty . |
| 29 | And would he have to keep the churchyard ? |
| 30 | She would have to keep the child 's arms covered , because Roy would go crazy if he thought his little angel had been whipped . |