Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] keep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the associations only built an extra 14,500 homes in 1991 — not enough to keep pace with demand , according to Coun Dixon . |
| 2 | Indeed good managers not only keep work stress levels down for their staff but can also be the first check point for employee stress . |
| 3 | Modern exponents of this ideal include Anne Faraday and Paul Garfield , whose books encourage the reader not only to keep dream diaries but to attempt to alter their dreams . |
| 4 | The provision of statutory services to the elderly has risen since 1948 , but not sufficiently to keep pace with the increasing number of dependants and the decreasing pool of informal carers ( even now only 11 per cent of people aged 85 and over receive meals-on-wheels , 37 per cent a home help ; OPCS , 1985 ) . |
| 5 | But while social responsibility generally moves broadly in step with societal changes , the law does not always keep pace with society and its new standards , and consequently may be considerably out of phase with present society . |
| 6 | I gave one deflection burst from port beam at about 350 yards and one careful stern burst from the same distance , but could not even keep pace with this shallow dive . |
| 7 | For day after day I could n't even keep water down . |
| 8 | She ca n't even keep water down Doctor so she 's certainly not gon na keep that down . |