Example sentences of "to keep [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But later she developed an allergy to feathers , and that made it very difficult for her when I wanted to keep birds in the house ! |
| 2 | With the catapults they use to keep birds from the crops , they launch a couple of parting stones far over my head . |
| 3 | He wanted to keep Nikos in the background . |
| 4 | A CHURCH basement in Darlington is being converted into a youth club with a bar atmosphere in a bid to keep teenagers off the streets . |
| 5 | Jacqueline , a mother of five children , aged 0 — 20 , believes in taking firm action to keep teenagers on the right path . |
| 6 | In part two : Wheels not wanted … the fight to keep drivers off the Ridgeway . |
| 7 | Scotland Yard is lending Mr Porceddu 10 officers to help him to keep tabs on the 100 ooligans whose names have flashed up on Fifa 's ticket computer . |
| 8 | The Germans reckon it wise to keep tabs on the 350,000 or so Russian troops still in the east — guests , as it were — until the end of 1994 , when the last one is due to have gone home . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's obviously their job to keep tabs on the financial situation and my job to provide enetertaining football on the pitch and win promotion . |
| 10 | He has asked the Association of Chief police Officers to keep tabs on the proliferation of the devices . |
| 11 | THE main drawback is an inability to keep tabs on the device during operation . |
| 12 | This , approximately one-fifth of the nation 's farmland , was expected to keep engineers in the newly formed water authorities fully occupied until well into the next century . |
| 13 | But housing officials say while the scheme is welcome , many more projects are needed to keep youngsters off the streets . |
| 14 | It is therefore important to keep stocks of the old stationery for dealing with preliminary enquiries in your office . |
| 15 | As regards the Japanese islands , MacArthur felt it would not be practicable for the United States to keep bases after the signing of a peace treaty . |
| 16 | This aim could have been frustrated by the need to keep costs to the minimum in order to maintain the economic viability of the project , but both requirements were satisfied by confining all new openings to the roofs of the aisle and the nave . |
| 17 | To keep costs to the minimum the pond surrounds of double row bricks and crazy paving were bought as hardcore , the main filter was constructed from a £3 expansion tank and the water mill was constructed from scraps of plywood and painted with left-over household paint . |
| 18 | The vocal Bradshaw in goal encouraged his defence and on more than one occasion pulled off a save to keep Ruffians in the game . |
| 19 | He was said to have been ‘ less than firm in his dealings with Baghdad ’ and to have generally failed to provide the leadership the Kurds ' plight required , prompting the decision to send US , British and French troops to protect them instead , despite concern , particularly in the US , not to keep troops in the region longer than necessary . |
| 20 | The fundamental problem with the CAP is that , in an attempt to keep farmers on the land , the price mechanism has become so distorted that none of its objectives is now being realised , and at a high cost . |
| 21 | On the social side , the desire to keep farmers on the land should be dealt with via a direct income support or other aid measures , such as voluntary set aside , which do not distort the price mechanism , for a transition period . |
| 22 | Butlin of course wanted to keep campers in the camps . |
| 23 | ‘ Someone on the Coptic side wants to keep things on the boil , wants to stop agreement from being reached . |
| 24 | ‘ All the more effective , ’ said Nikos , ‘ if you wanted to keep things on the boil . ’ |
| 25 | You usually like to keep things at the status quo , but today you could be willing to make a few changes . |
| 26 | If it is decided to drop the B74 course , we may still wish to keep details of the modules which make up the course . |
| 27 | For an article in an anthology , for instance , you need to keep details of the journal in which it originally appeared . |
| 28 | On Feb. 21 , 1989 , the Guardian reported that the CCP had decided to keep relations with the USA " one step ahead " of ties with the Soviet Union . |
| 29 | Poverty is defined as an income insufficient to keep members of the family in a state of physical well-being . |
| 30 | He added that the trustees would continue to keep members of the plan informed of any developments . |