Example sentences of "to keep [pers pn] in [art] " in BNC.

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1 Owners of listed buildings have a legal obligation to keep them in a reasonable state of repair .
2 Larger seedlings will block out the light from smaller ones , so try to keep them in a row at the back .
3 I learned Dimac from a lama in Tibet and my hands are so deadly that I have to keep them in a locked closet when they 're not in use .
4 It has been argued that catholic schools do not do the job for which they were set up , that is educate Roman catholics sufficiently to keep them in the church .
5 ‘ The national interest ’ was also a rebuff to congressmen , who could not afford to be critical of it , even when they already knew it as grounds to keep them in the dark .
6 They had needed the eccentric goalkeeping of Grobbelaar to keep them in the match up to the 111th minute , when Anderton suddenly revealed why so many scouts have been beating a path to Fratton Park .
7 I decided to keep them in the count because they gave an interesting sidelight on the history of lending libraries in England with some specific examples , and there were not too many of them .
8 This time , because your subjects are not static objects but people , you can move the camera as necessary to keep them in the centre of the frame — but stay with the subject , do n't pan part-way through to show something else .
9 David Mellor , Secretary of State for the new Department of National Heritage , has rejected the listing of key works of art in order to keep them in the country .
10 Tying to supports and some pruning will be needed by the climbers , to keep them in the space provided , and occasional spraying for the odd pest might be necessary .
11 Like the silkmoth , ants sense pheromones through their antennae ; but they make continual use of both antennae to keep them in the right direction .
12 It hardly seemed fair to keep them in the cage she had made out of an old claret case she had dragged up from the cellar .
13 On the supply side both the quantity and quality of designers emerging from design courses may be that good designers are not receiving the recognition in terms of pay , conditions , status etc , required to keep them in the field and/or in the UK .
14 Whoever takes control of Oxford has got a job on to keep them in the second division … they 're six points adrift at the bottom … but on Saturday United faired best of the three Central South sides … they drew while Swindon and Hereford both lost
15 By now the champagne was flowing … all United need now is a new owner willing to keep them in the style to which they 'd like to become accustomed .
16 If residents are settled then local authorities will do their best to keep them in the home of their choice he says .
17 I tend to keep them in the originals cos then I if I need to .
18 Do you think though , perhaps you could have done more to keep them in the Party ?
19 Somehow he managed to make it fun , the way he made so many things fun , and , now he was either dead or else taken over by some force I could not even begin to understand , there was nothing whatsoever to keep me in the Church .
20 ‘ It obviously takes food to keep you in a good mood , Dr Vaughan . ’
21 Not only is the audience told what has just happened , it is told what is going to happen , just to keep you in the picture .
22 ‘ I had to keep you in the dark .
23 LABOUR & LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WANT TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT :
24 Just a poor schoolmaster who ca n't afford to keep you in the style to which you 've never been accustomed
25 ‘ I admit that the family wanted to keep you in the dark .
26 And then they used to keep you in the Winter more or less and the visitors making up So it was s a steady trade all round .
27 St Augustine similarly asked God to keep him in a " chaste desire " during sleep , and protect him from dreams which , " owing to animal images " , might lead him " to pollution " .
28 ‘ The story is that there 's an irresponsible , bored lunatic in Deptford , and I ought to keep him in a cage until I need him . ’
29 The Prince is also very keen on deer stalking , another pull to keep him in the Highlands for as long as he can manage .
30 He would grab a completed section of the overall plan from Mark 's private secretary just as soon as she had typed it , and dash off to his own office down the corridor to study it carefully many times over , before taking it along to Muldoon to keep him in the picture .
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