Example sentences of "kept [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words you 've got the trading account which is how 's trading , the committee account , the petty cash and the wages box are part and parcel of the trading but they 're kept as separate entities within the organization . |
| 2 | As many fonts also have Semi or Demi , not to mention Extra and Heavy versions these still need to be kept as multiple families , so reducing the number of unique ID numbers . |
| 3 | Meat was a treat kept for good days and when the pickings were poor , Win and her daughter were lucky to have enough potatoes and bread and cheese in the pantry . |
| 4 | The regulations , which are mainly concerned with the security of explosives , will make changes to the types and quantities of explosives that can be kept for private use without the need for a licence or registration . |
| 5 | The wooden trellised gate blocked the way , the outside public highway was detached from the ancient bridle path , now a forestry way and kept for private use . |
| 6 | Samples of the soil , and in some cases all the excavated soil , may be kept for dry sieving or wet sieving in order to retrieve environmental evidence and very small finds . |
| 7 | When Bath members mentioned that a third of their stand was kept for non-club members , the stewards disappeared , returning several minutes later with tickets which were then issued . |
| 8 | Workstation back-ups by portable tape drive will be possible from late 1992 , and this should eliminate the need for large numbers of floppies to be kept for hard-disk back-ups . |
| 9 | Later it transpired that the INAO ( Institut National des Appellations d'Origine des vins et eaux -de-vie ) would accept this 10% as a stock régulateur , a reserve without appellation to be kept for possible classification should any future shortfall require it . |
| 10 | The proximity of a market , the feasibility of holding the animal for ransom , the likely amount of profit to be earned , the value of the animal to thieves if kept for personal use or consumption , and the likelihood of discovery and punishment were among the considerations which were taken into account . |
| 11 | AGR fuel is clad in stainless steel , which corrodes and so can not be kept for long periods under water . |
| 12 | He had gone to the sideboard cupboard where a bottle of whisky was kept for medicinal purposes , drunk what was there , and died . |
| 13 | If there is anything in the distinction I believe that the term Cabinet Committee ought to be kept for Ministerial committees and perhaps for committees of officials directly subordinate to a Ministerial committee ; but I am far from certain that the distinction is worth making . |
| 14 | It was put on deposit immediately , to be kept for post-war work on the course . |
| 15 | Equally , exchange rates and aspects of market economics were kept for close-quarter deliberation , notably within Harold Lever 's so-called ‘ economic seminar ’ . |
| 16 | For instance , pupils might be asked to decide whether an object belonged to a wealthy or a poor person , whether it was an everyday object or kept for special occasions . |
| 17 | ‘ Nobody 's Twisting Your Arm ’ was kept off top spot in Peel 's Festive 50 by The House Of Love 's Destroy The Heart ’ . |
| 18 | 9 Records should be kept of individual homework and projects and special language needs . |
| 19 | 11 A list should be kept of instructional material , community resources , community events , national or local events , and so on . |
| 20 | After the tribunal , director of personnel for New Possibilities Andrew Arnold said there were lessons to be learned and not only would proper records now be kept of disciplinary hearings but a new ‘ whistle-blowing ’ policy was being introduced to make it easier for staff to expose wrong-doing . |
| 21 | This was the best room , the Aladdin 's cave forbidden to all but his parents , the place where wondrous treasures were kept behind locked doors and heavily shuttered windows . |
| 22 | For , whatever Clarke feels , the debate is also too important for its details to be kept behind locked doors . |
| 23 | That 's to say , she had firm features and smartly cut , possibly dyed hair obviously kept under regular control , and she behaved as if she had known a time when she turned every head and expected you to be aware of this too . |
| 24 | 4.7 The security arrangements for each building must be kept under regular review by the workplace manager in order to highlight any alteration or change in working practice which may be needed to provide a more secure working environment . |
| 25 | Whilst the provisions of the agreement should when drafted accurately reflect what the partners desire to happen in certain specified events or , at any rate , what the partners may have agreed as a satisfactory basis for subsequent negotiation or a sufficient fall-back position if those negotiations should break down , they should be kept under regular review . |
| 26 | Three issues in the debate are likely to continue to rub salt in the wounds of a prison system kept under continued pressure . |
| 27 | these proposals we regard as doing no more than initiating a programme of family welfare which will have to be kept under continuous review and modified and expanded in the light of experience and deeper knowledge . |
| 28 | Regulations covering the safety and roadworthiness of buses are kept under continuous review . |
| 29 | It is accepted that our journal list should be kept under continuous review , but the Library costs are actually below average for UK plant science research institutions ( Royal Society/SEPSU Policy Study ) , and should be protected against short-term financial exigencies . |
| 30 | On arrival in New York , Detroit , or points west , the DEA ‘ mules ’ would be met by DEA agents in the baggage claim area and escorted through Customs , the loads being kept under continuous surveillance until deals were struck and the heroin changed hands . |