Example sentences of "keep they [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Women and children must be protected from sex offenders and that means imposing heavy prison sentences which do not merely recognise the degree of hurt the offenders have inflicted , but which keep them off Britain 's streets .
2 They simply keep them as hostages .
3 Keep them for school .
4 They 're being pumped around the body even faster so therefore that 's going to take hold of the person faster , so you keep them at rest , into recovery position if possible and get help , do n't forget to er collect any evidence of what the poison is , it must go with the casualty .
5 Keep them at bay with scrupulous personal hygiene .
6 By having someone in our adult lives who constantly feeds us verbal tranquillizers , or by feeding them to ourselves we can ease emotional pains and keep them at bay for a while .
7 To ripen melons , keep them at room temperature for a few days , when ripe store in the fridge and eat as soon as possible .
8 The oversized designs of the Italian team Dolce & Gabbana are such a big hit in Britain that the mainstream menswear companies keep them under scrutiny .
9 Keep them in proportion to the action being penalized .
10 Those are the only measures that will get people into work and keep them in work , which is the only proper policy to follow .
11 One reason is that women , particularly in the Third World , are often not aware of the real dangers of contraception because health staff and pharmaceutical companies keep them in ignorance for fear of making them stay away from the clinic .
12 They are naturally a shoaling fish found in large waters , therefore always keep them in groups of four of more individuals .
13 As a result , marine creatures such as molluscs which would normally feed on blue-greens and keep them in check , can not survive .
14 The Ego has to balance the Id and the Super-ego and keep them in check and this is the Psycho-Dynamic theory .
15 Keep them in freezer .
16 She says the birs are very good — as long as we keep them in families and feed all the young that 's all the parents mind about .
17 There are thousands of employees ( if not millions ) who are indifferent to the people who keep them in jobs .
18 Keep them in piles and groups .
19 Be sure of your readership and keep them in mind when writing .
20 Some keep them in shoeboxes away from the light ,
21 5.4.1 To repair the Premises and keep them in repair excepting damage caused by an Insured Risk other than where the insurance money is irrecoverable in consequence of any act or default of the Tenant or anyone at the Premises expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority [ and under the Tenant 's control ]
22 5.4.1 To repair the Premises and keep them in repair excepting damage caused by structural or inherent defects or by an Insured Risk other than where the insurance money is irrecoverable in consequence of any act or default of the Tenant or anyone at the Premises expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority ( but only while under the Tenant 's control and in the course of employment ) Provided that where the insurance money is not wholly irrecoverable such sums as are recoverable shall be made available as soon as possible to apply to the repair of the Premises
23 Much of the legislation governing public intervention in family life is in fact concerned with laying a duty on public authorities to ‘ diminish the need to receive children into or keep them in care ’ ( Child Care Act 1980 , S. 1 ) , while the terminology of the law emphasises the reception of children into care , rather than the popular phrase ‘ taking them into care ’ .
24 Under this Act they were given responsibility ‘ to make available such advice , guidance and assistance as may promote the welfare of children by diminishing the need to receive children into or keep them in care ’ .
25 They had no Chief Rabbit — no , how could they ? — for a Chief Rabbit must be El-ahrairah to his warren and keep them from death : and here there was no death but one , and what Chief Rabbit could have an answer to that ?
26 But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ?
27 T : I like that line , ‘ Social workers love me 'cos I keep 'em in work ’ !
28 ‘ By the way , try and keep 'em in order , miss , ’ he added , over his shoulder .
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