Example sentences of "be kept to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bobby Robson , the England manager , who had spent the weekend pondering the merits of possible deputies for his club colleague Neil Webb , a long-term casualty , expressed ‘ surprise and delight ’ at the news that England midfield disruption may be kept to a minimum . |
| 2 | The lesson Haslam learned from his ICI experience was that wherever possible redundancy should be on a voluntary basis if the trauma were to be kept to a minimum . |
| 3 | There was also general agreement that logistic stocks and infrastructure on the far side of the barrier should be kept to a minimum — a principle that was easier to propound than fulfil . |
| 4 | By choosing varieties which are grafted on dwarfing rootstocks where these are available ( cherries , apricots , plums , peaches , pears , apples ) , together with less vigorous varieties of others , trees can be kept to a more manageable size , some small enough even to grow in large pots or in a greenhouse . |
| 5 | Once materials have been booked out of a main store formalities and paperwork should be kept to a minimum or avoided altogether . |
| 6 | With a brown-field solution disruption can be kept to a minimum . |
| 7 | waiting periods should be kept to a minimum ; |
| 8 | the distances covered by staff and the time occupied in obtaining necessary instruments and drugs should be kept to a minimum . |
| 9 | Camping facilities will be available on site , and charges for skating for the whole weekend will be kept to a minimum to make everyone stoked . |
| 10 | Every operation will cause the loss of some soil moisture ; in dry conditions , therefore , cultivation should be kept to a minimum . |
| 11 | Movement in a punt should always be kept to a minimum . |
| 12 | With careful management , however , these problems can be kept to a minimum . |
| 13 | Wage levels would not be controlled and personal and corporation taxes would be kept to a minimum . |
| 14 | I suggest that the regrets can be kept to a minimum by using the following steps : |
| 15 | But by now the American work was going well and President Roosevelt decided that future exchanges with Britain should be kept to a minimum . |
| 16 | But the change in phenotype would be gradual and concurrent in all individuals ; the genetic variation and differences in fitness between individuals in the population would be kept to a minimum . |
| 17 | Foods high in sugar , salt , fat and spices should be kept to a minimum , and the consumption of alcohol should be restricted too . |
| 18 | Something similar has started appearing on British television , so if they have to be shown surely the details could be kept to a minimum and shown for the shortest possible time . |
| 19 | Because they distract the candidate , and you yourself may miss something important while noting a previous point , notetaking should be kept to a minimum during the interview . |
| 20 | Remember the desirable qualities of a transfer price : it should promote goal congruence by leading to the proper economic decisions ; every division should have some profit so that they are all well-motivated ; the transfer price should lead to a fair measurement of divisional performance ; interference with a division 's decisions should be kept to a minimum . |
| 21 | Since any delinquent state would face the combined power , economic and military , of member states , national armaments could be kept to a minimum . |
| 22 | This also means that the ease of searching is very important , but in a commercial package running in a single workstation environment , the amount of memory used should be kept to a minimum . |
| 23 | The dawg also takes much longer to construct , but would be ideal for a dedicated application on perhaps a PC where memory must be kept to a minimum and the structure would rarely need to be re-built . |
| 24 | But rigid timetables will be kept to a minimum . |
| 25 | Aggressive species of hard corals and aggressive large anemones such as Carpet anemones are best therefore placed well away from other invertebrates and as a general rule the larger non-colonial forms of anemone should be kept to a minimum in the aquarium to avoid the survival of the fittest syndrome from taking over . |
| 26 | Allocations of large blocks to individual users should be kept to a minimum because of the inflexibility of the allocation process . |
| 27 | Most aid specialists agree that , once the worst of a famine is over , the distribution of free food should be kept to a minimum to avoid flooding local markets . |
| 28 | We are confident that any problems in the early days of the new system will be kept to a minimum , and that their effect will be outweighed by the advantages of the new system as it comes into full use . |
| 29 | Disinfectants must be kept to a minimum , but be available from pharmacy in the event of an outbreak ; the ICN should regularly audit their use and storage . |
| 30 | As the loss can be quite substantial , the quantity of water in which potatoes are boiled should be kept to a minimum . |