Example sentences of "had been kept [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been kept pure during the nineteenth century and was still thriving early in the twentieth century , but the heavy crossing took its toll and the old type was lost . |
| 2 | However , these occasional tensions had been kept private until Robert and Samuel Wilberforce chose to make some of them public in the life of their father they published in 1838 . |
| 3 | She knew Beth had suffered many sleepless nights of late , because she herself had been kept awake into the small hours , thinking of Matthew and wondering how he was faring . |
| 4 | Orkney 's Marine Pollution Officer , Captain Bob Sclater aid that the Department of Transport had been kept abreast of developments . |
| 5 | These had been kept intact for almost a century by Louisa Greenough Powers Ibbotson and her descendants . |
| 6 | Traditionally these two stereotypes of womanhood had been kept separate . |
| 7 | The rediscovery of rich veins of vernacular literature , which had been kept alive in the oral traditions of the peasants during centuries of domination by alien cultures , gave a feeling of self-confidence to the national movements which were striving for independence . |
| 8 | She had been kept alive by means of a feeding tube , which was disconnected following the court 's decision , and she died on Dec. 26 . |
| 9 | Whereas on earlier occasions where bad news or unfavourable developments had occurred , the view had prevailed — at least in public utterances — that the Führer had been badly counselled or had been kept uninformed , in the case of Stalingrad Hitler was directly implicated in the catastrophe . |
| 10 | The President ushered his party into seats which had been kept vacant in the top bench and then he turned to address the community . |
| 11 | Moulvi ali Zoha , a Rohingya Muslim who arrived in Bangladesh on Monday , told United News , a Bangladeshi news agency , that the soldiers were angered by the Muslims ' breaking open the doors of the mosque , which had been kept locked for the last few months since the Burmese authorities clamped down on the Rohingyas . |
| 12 | However , contrary to the rig 's operating manual , the centre ballast tanks had been kept full instead of empty , resulting in a ‘ condition in which a 10–15 o list could develop rapidly ’ , the board said . |
| 13 | Dr Tom Walker , the head of BP Nutrition , says that BP had been kept aware of developments but had decided not to take part . |
| 14 | For several days he was at death 's door , and a grave had been kept ready in case the worst happened . |
| 15 | Probably everything had been kept ready for weeks , prepared as soon as Ruth got here . |
| 16 | A legal opinion requested by the Attorney-General , Richard Thornburgh , effected the change in June , but it had been kept secret since then . |
| 17 | Others had grown complacent , partly because previous Soviet accidents had been kept secret in order to persuade the public of the benefits of nuclear power . |
| 18 | This had been kept secret from Dickens by the chapel trustees . |
| 19 | Although which river had been kept secret from Trent , he was certain that it would be the north fork of the Belpan where a bend would hide them from the road bridge . |
| 20 | But how did you know that there was n't some big secret , some big , evil deal going down that involves you but had been kept secret from you ? |
| 21 | The accident reports had been kept secret . |