Example sentences of "of keeping [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the duties to promote good and minimise evil may sometimes be outweighed by other duties , such as that of keeping a promise or a duty of gratitude , which in the particular circumstances are more stringent . |
| 2 | The Schuman Plan had been sold to a French government that was worried about the future political , military and economic potential of the new West German state in part as a means of keeping a check on that potential . |
| 3 | He did not see any sign of the runaway animals but later on that night the local policeman called on him and he took over the task of keeping a look out . |
| 4 | he gets sixty-three years , you know , I mean what 's the use of keeping a bugger like that for sixty-three years , it 's bloody ridiculous , in n it ? |
| 5 | I had long found that keeping my own little area and few belongings in order was a vital way of keeping a hold of myself , keeping my mind and spirits in order . |
| 6 | The very activity of keeping a log focuses attention on how you have used your time . |
| 7 | A charge of public exhibition of indecent acts or things had not been brought for 100 years , since a showman was convicted of keeping a booth on Epsom Downs for the purpose of an indecent exhibition . |
| 8 | But bit by bit , Wilson became aware that she had some small skill in the matter of keeping a boarding house and that her future , and her family 's , might indeed lie in that direction . |
| 9 | Because Jo 's father was English and Lorna Lewis gave many interviews explaining that the secret of keeping a marriage together in Hollywood was to make sure your husband was the king of his own home , they had chosen a house built in English baronial style , with walls mantled with ivy , black exposed timbers , fireplaces big enough to hold a conference in and small diamond-paned windows through which the sun streamed defiantly in brilliant narrow shafts . |
| 10 | But the first thing I 've got to say to you here and now is you 're no more capable of keeping a wife than of keeping a — ’ she seemed to search for the word , then brought out , ‘ rabbit . |
| 11 | He knew it was a question of keeping a direction in your head , like a compass needle . |
| 12 | What is not perhaps as well understood is the art of keeping a range of invertebrates together without such conflicts . |
| 13 | One primary school teacher from Gile describes the problems of keeping a school going once the villagers knew they were likely to be attacked by the forces of Renamo : |
| 14 | It is relatively easy for a court using the formal language of keeping a body within the four corners of its powers to impose its own view as to what the authority should have done . |
| 15 | A group of American housewives discussed how they combined an exercise routine with everyday living and one recommended her method of keeping a pan which she constantly used on a high shelf , so that she did plenty of stretching every day . |
| 16 | If you are working on a project with all of the relevant files stored in a single directory there is a fairly simple way of keeping a set of historical backups . |
| 17 | No therapist has a magic wand and many forms of complementary treatment involve cooperation between practitioner and patient — either by way of ‘ homework ’ or of keeping a note of any changes which may occur — so do be prepared to play your part . |
| 18 | The most convenient method of keeping a note of important individuals and terminology is a card file or index . |
| 19 | A land lease was another kind of commercial favour which recurs , and this too could form a useful and persuasive means of keeping a voter 's loyalty , as in the attempt to augment the Argyll interest in the burgh of Stirling in 1756 by giving a tack of land in Argyllshire to Robert Campbell , a brother of the laird of Barcaldine , who was one of the merchants of the town . |
| 20 | An English critic who attempted the task of keeping a balance between his political convictions and his aesthetic responses was John Berger , who wrote in the 1950s for the New Statesman . |
| 21 | The cost of keeping a horse is constantly going up while prize money is static . ’ |
| 22 | So I said well you know , I ca n't just wind it up over the next six months , I said er what I wan na do I said is erm I got ta carry it on for that transit for that Orion till I finished anyway so it 's got ta go another year so I said well what I 'm feeling about doing I said is er just sort of keeping a finger in the pie I said , he said , if I 'd said tomorrow , if I had finished the whole the tomorrow I 've got ta buy a car I can buy it finance so I 'm gon na get no tax relief on the H P I get no depreciation no nothing like that I said so at least if I still self employed I can if I have the sort of two or three vehicles or whatever three , four , five vehicles but I said at least I can have some erm and I can then sort of they would be more utilised , where as I said at the moment we got more vehicles than we really need to keep full capacity so he said yeah , yeah fair enough then . |
| 23 | He took poorly even to relaxed airforce discipline ; was incapable of keeping a log-book , and was at one time placed under arrest for disobedience . |
| 24 | For while she was to some degree confused at that precise moment about the importance of keeping a job that paid well , she knew , whatever else was hazy , that she was very much in love with him . |
| 25 | ‘ Still , at least you seem to appreciate I 've given you the plum job , whilst landing myself with the task of keeping an eye on Fedorov . |
| 26 | Jonadab questioned the waggoner 's lad , who had been given the job of keeping an eye on the horse . |
| 27 | Routine care consists of keeping an eye open for pests and diseases along with the occasional division of aquatic plants . |
| 28 | A bit difficult to explain — I was sort of keeping an eye on things . ’ |
| 29 | It moves towards the acceptance of belonging at the same time to a larger enterprise which combines the strengths of sharing and collaboration and the sharpness of keeping an eye out for one 's own survival . |
| 30 | Yeah erm I du n no if it would do much good actually but er yeah but er no she , she 's , she 's quite good about you know sort of erm you know kind of keeping an eye on students and , and stuff like that , anyway er so if you could right |