Example sentences of "keep the [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This gives more control over the process , with the advantage of keeping the sections cool , further reducing damage and enabling the preparations to be used for fluid inclusion work . |
| 2 | In 1881 and 1884 he renewed the Dreikaiserbund and the Russians were assured of German and Austro-Hungarian help if they needed to coerce Turkey into keeping the Straits open in wartime . |
| 3 | Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him . |
| 4 | As far as the reference to the ‘ customary ’ tuning of the 6-string bass , Gibson was referring to what has become the modern standard amongst contemporary players : that is , opting for the low B while keeping the fourths tuning intact across the other five strings . |
| 5 | He identifies himself with the prophets of the Old Testament in addressing contemporary life , and echoes St Paul when he sees himself keeping the streams of doctrine pure : ‘ For I am inquisitive in the Lord , and defend the philosophy of the scripture against vain deceit ’ ( A130 ) . |
| 6 | The National Trust for Scotland have an on-going programme of work on the island , keeping the cottages of the former islanders in a good state of repair , maintaining a small museum and generally ensuring that St Kilda and the St Kildans will never be forgotten . |
| 7 | Going to the committee meetings once a month and then keeping the groups informed of anything going on within the Central Branch . |
| 8 | When part of the roof collapsed and flames rose half as high again as the manor house , the firefighters drew back and restricted their efforts to keeping the outbuildings of the farm damped down . |
| 9 | The method of loading ( see Figure 8 ) is simple ; you start at one corner of the loading poles and work clockwise around the tripod , keeping the corners well built up . |
| 10 | Similar loading continues onto the upper triangle ( no space can be left in the middle ) , still keeping the corners well built up , and finally a cap is built over the tripod tips . |
| 11 | This was , I think , because the soil all round was so softened and converted into cloggy mud by the habit of keeping the cattle within the gates in bad weather , when their high stone dykes served as a bield for the protection of the cattle . |
| 12 | A somewhat similar device , conceived by Hanson-Lowe ( 1935 ) , was the clinographic curve , which transformed an area such as that shown in Fig. 9.1 5A into that shown in Fig. 9.1 5B keeping the areas between contours the same . |
| 13 | The man charged with keeping the foragers in check is Mr Carlo Porceddu , security chief for the local World Cup Organisation . |
| 14 | They talked about how to write The Yellow Chair , whether to make it stark and classical by keeping the unities , restricting the action to the terrible days of the battle with Gauguin , or whether to make it episodic and epic , to introduce Theo at least and maybe other figures , even the looming pastor from Nuenen . |
| 15 | Mr Patten promises that the Government will ‘ allow ( sic ) the public to take local authorities to court if they fall down on the job of keeping the streets clean . |
| 16 | Main reason for locking up drunks was keeping the streets clean . |
| 17 | Our organisation is only efficient at keeping the streets quiet , and then not always . |
| 18 | George and Tony Sabin have been keeping the streets of Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswolds clean for the past three years . |
| 19 | They 're also responsible for keeping the streets clean , and maintaining minor roads . |
| 20 | Keeping the sources of invention as wide and diffuse as possible is considered to be the best approach . |
| 21 | ‘ If you had continuous music , it would be like keeping the pubs open all day , ’ he was told , which Benn summarized as ‘ a real BBC view that it is bad to give the people what they want . ’ |
| 22 | The office is responsible for lobbying the European institutions and keeping the solicitors ' profession at home informed of EC developments . |
| 23 | It 's not good keeping the prospectuses piled up in the office just in case a casual visitor asks for one , they need to be where people with young children regularly gather . |
| 24 | ‘ My uncle will go on keeping the horses if we want them . |
| 25 | A recruitment team faced by this kind of surge in activity is liable to have to make a decision : do we concentrate on getting the letters out or do we give priority to keeping the records in line ? |
| 26 | ‘ He 's meticulous in keeping the records straight . ’ |
| 27 | To ‘ double dig ’ , dig a trench two spits deep and barrow the soil to the other end of the plot , keeping the spits apart . |
| 28 | in the meantime , it is aiming to build up its resources for keeping the operations under surveillance by imposing a " policing tax " of $1 per tonne from sawmills involved in wood chipping . |
| 29 | A hostess like Lady St Helier , an open-handed host like the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim , or a fixer like Aitken with a house near to London , could all be useful in keeping the wheels of party turning . |
| 30 | It was dark and the sea was rising rapidly as I came up the firth , keeping the bows in the direction of the flashing lighthouse on the White Hill of Vatster . |