Example sentences of "[vb -s] to keep [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the user wants to keep the appliance switched on , he touches it to trigger the sensor and reset the timer . |
| 2 | cos wants to keep the door open |
| 3 | He wants to keep the Government 's proposals for the future of the industry a deep and dark secret — and so they remained until the Rothschild report saw the light of day a few weeks ago . |
| 4 | Vivienne Peters , chief executive of the Telecommunications Users Association , believes that Mercury 's reticence may not be because of problems with the trial , but because it wants to keep the plan under wraps in the fear that British Telecommunications Plc will try to steal its thunder by pre-launching a similar service . |
| 5 | The fact is that Labour wants to keep the poll tax so that it can attack us with it . |
| 6 | This is the inevitable duty of a Prime Minister or Leader of a Party who wants to keep the team together , having regard to the major objectives of the Party . |
| 7 | Kevin Doyle of Caledonian Holdings [ the owners ] wants to keep the site in good order and not have it used as a car park as at present . |
| 8 | Kevin Doyle of Caledonian Holdings ( the owners ) wants to keep the site in good order and not have it used as a car park as at present . |
| 9 | He just wants to keep the goat tethered — ; here , where he can see it . |
| 10 | It is n't just football that needs to keep an eye on its spectators . |
| 11 | One should not expect her to resort to military force ‘ whenever she can get away with it ’ : if nothing else , she needs to keep the world 's ‘ useful idiots ’ in business . |
| 12 | 3 Every member of the group has to keep a diary in which they describe their experiences and how they feel about them . |
| 13 | Sometimes in truth they do not exist : not all human behaviour is addictive in nature and one has to keep a sense of balance . |
| 14 | The Map Library 's purchasing policy has to keep a balance between the acquisition of early maps and atlases of Scottish interest and association , and the need to provide an up-to-date collection of maps , atlases and reference works relating to all aspects of cartography and all parts of the world . |
| 15 | It also has to keep the mass of peasant farmers and unskilled workers passive so that bourgeois interests as a whole are protected . |
| 16 | One has to keep the investigation of the fundamental laws of science and the study of human behavior in separate compartments . |
| 17 | But Germany must be aware that it has to keep the balance in Europe , ’ Mr Mitterrand said following talks with Mr Hans Modrow , the East German Prime Minister . |
| 18 | He has to keep an eye on his own kind as well as anybody else . |
| 19 | Hot on Rigby 's heels is Little Budworth 's Mike Barber who in turn has to keep an eye on Dingle 's Tony Collins , just a few points behind . |
| 20 | It could be said that the We/ Us/Our form is rather a mode of self-description when the poet wishes to present his beloved and himself to the world ( as shown by Donne in the Songs and Sonnets ) , and that Shakespeare prefers to keep the relationship on an interpersonal level . |
| 21 | Although that has meant that not much can be done , in principle it is a good idea in that it forces underwater sites to compete with land sites for funding , and tends to keep the attention on the point that it is archaeology we are talking about . |
| 22 | He loves opera , in that the long rehearsal span and run of performances allows him ‘ to get the psychology out of the way in the first few days ’ — clearly , he worries a great deal about the mental interchange with his workforce — but he intends to keep a balance with concert work . |
| 23 | The collection was started in 1989 when SCOTBIS opened , and the Library intends to keep a maximum of 5 years of reports from each company on the open shelves . |
| 24 | So , to that end , she intends to keep the door ajar . |
| 25 | If the accused intends to keep the thing until all the goodness or virtue has gone out of it that is equivalent to an outright taking . |
| 26 | PRC , a $700m Black & Decker subsidiary with 7,200 people and 200 offices , will have the greater impact provided it gets to keep the contract . |
| 27 | Now we are going to take a look at what it takes to keep a body healthy , and in particular at your nutritional requirements . |
| 28 | I wanted to light a match , but knew there were only four matches left now , and that I must wait until I reached the Bible-box where I could first make a handful of paper spills to keep the flame going . |
| 29 | But through this uncertainty , it aims to keep the concept of the subject in doubt . |
| 30 | Water movement appears good and splitting the outlet from the Eheim filter into two separate spray bars ( one either side of the tank ) appears to keep the water free from any surface build-up . |