Example sentences of "keep their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They decided to forget all current trends ( such young band paranoia , the decision to trend hop , often leads to directionless confusion anyway ) and concentrate on keeping their music within the reach of their collective ability . |
| 2 | And the young man they can thank for keeping their championship hopes alive is Dunbarton 's Myles Greenfield , who was the only PGL skip to finish with an up . |
| 3 | The Tories are , wisely , keeping their boy away from most of the rough stuff — rightly recognising that such strengths as he has are in his niceness — but he has to look like he wants to win sometimes . |
| 4 | It suggested that if a firm had low debts and was paying a lot of corporate tax its managers were actually being incompetent : while proudly keeping their credit ratings high , they were handing their shareholders ' money to the taxman . |
| 5 | The parents may not have to apply the penalty if she believes their threat because of their record of keeping their word . |
| 6 | Marsh accepted his fate honourably , as everyone expected , and the Australians got on with the job of keeping their boot on the Indian throat . |
| 7 | She knew that John truly believed that he was protecting her by keeping their love secret , but she was becoming frustrated and annoyed about the situation . |
| 8 | The threatened revolt fizzled out as Conservative critics decided to draw back from voting down the whole Budget , keeping their powder dry for future votes when the issue comes before the Commons in detail . |
| 9 | The British were then looking for a 'strongman solution " to the problem of keeping their influence in Iran . |
| 10 | Until they see clear signs of a return to fiscal rectitude , they are likely to insist upon a high return on capital as the price for keeping their money in Britain . |
| 11 | The bank provides many services for their customers besides keeping their money safe ; it provides convenient means of making payments by cheque and also submits a clear statement of their customer 's account at fixed intervals . |
| 12 | Some stores had started cutting prices before Christmas , but then it seemed customers were keeping their money in their pockets . |
| 13 | So this afternoon 's news that Paul Getty is prepared to give a million pounds to help construct a building to house the mediaeval map and chained library has presented the townfolk here with yet another opportunity of keeping their heritage intact . |
| 14 | So , sometimes we have to do things with horses that could make them anxious , and we have to work at keeping their anxiety level down . |
| 15 | The only modification needed to make them operate efficiently in air is some means of keeping their surface clean and smooth , so the amphibians developed the capacity to blink and a membrane that they can draw across the front of the eyeball . |
| 16 | And the Bank is pushing the options in such quantities that it is keeping their price lower than it should be . |
| 17 | And Phil Holder , Brentford 's manager , congratulated his players for ‘ keeping their cool ’ in the face of some fierce intimidation by Lucchese at Griffin Park . |
| 18 | Meanwhile Worcestershire 's cricketers are keeping their cool on their tour of South Africa . |
| 19 | By staying together they were at least keeping their problem alive , even if failing to resolve it . |
| 20 | Monitoring rivals closely to copy good ideas and ensure that they are keeping their service in the forefront of developments |
| 21 | Mr Nicklin praised his wife for her campaign to free him and keeping their home going with little money . |
| 22 | They say building societies and banks have been keeping their home loan rates too high for too long . |
| 23 | The rules are similar to professional weightlifting , but competitors use only the upper part of their bodies , keeping their head , shoulders , buttocks and heels on the bench at all times . |
| 24 | Thus , the 1932 title Wife to Christopher is coupled with an image of a rumpled and pyjama-ed ingénue confronting a stern male profile , while the suggestiveness of Savage Love ( 1982 ) is tempered by a cover depicting a squeaky clean couple keeping their distance in a daisy field . |
| 25 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales ended their tour of South Korea yesterday at a traditional honeymoon spot keeping their distance and looking miserable . |
| 26 | True , they were not particularly large , but they were keeping their shape well . |
| 27 | That is all the more reason , they believe , for keeping their crusade going , so that a wider public will react positively and begin to recognise the indicators of abuse . |
| 28 | 7 minutes later , Swindon made sure of keeping their promotion hopes alive . |
| 29 | The government believed it more important to balance public investment against private investment by keeping their discount rates in line than to balance overall investment against consumption by using a test discount rate closer to the rate at which consumers would swap current for future consumption . |
| 30 | He never charged for the rooms and the journalists repaid him by keeping their custom at the bar . |