Example sentences of "to keep [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Many an over-stressed big-city chef could benefit from Wendy Vaughan 's well-balanced thoughts , even if time constraints and geography conspire to keep them away from her equally well-balanced food . |
| 3 | You never miss an issue with our brilliant 15-for-12 subscription offer , so why not treat yourself to a specially-priced binder to keep them in , too ? |
| 4 | Arrange the bulbs close together , almost touching , on top of these , and place more pebbles around them to keep them stable . |
| 5 | ‘ To keep them off — to defend ourselves ! ’ |
| 6 | The top-rope on the first two pitches made them possible , and then we worked upwards , forcing tired bodies to perform and tired minds to keep them safe . |
| 7 | Ready-finished doors are now among those on offer and these require just an occasional wipe over to keep them looking immaculate . |
| 8 | Set against these points is the maintenance problem ; softwood doors need regular decoration to keep rot at bay , and even hardwoods require regular treatment with preservative and stain to keep them in good condition . |
| 9 | A wipe down with a damp cloth is all that 's needed to keep them clean , and if they have a factory-finished polyester powder coating , they wo n't need to be redecorated for 15–20 years . |
| 10 | Younger , more mobile employees , on an average of £13,700 a year , are enjoying bigger increases because companies are ‘ desperate ’ to keep them . |
| 11 | Shortly after the commission 's report was made public , Alan Soloman , a computer virus expert , invited hackers , and those whose business it is to keep them out , to a tournament which will test the expertise of both sides . |
| 12 | The smoke may help to keep them away , then I 'll go first on the gun . ’ |
| 13 | The aggressive patrols directed at the German lines have increased since the 12th June , no doubt to keep them on their toes . |
| 14 | For your professional purposes , and mine as a politician , we have to keep them as far apart as we can — providing of course that my analysis is sound . |
| 15 | Those that had children struggled desperately to keep them within the state school system and also to see the frequent failures of others to succeed in this as being somehow a rather nasty disease , with compassion and sorrow the appropriate response , rather than the fierce bell-like anger they would all have produced reflexively only ten years before . |
| 16 | I think there has always got to be for any executive — and for any employee for that matter — new challenges , new frontiers to keep them enthused . |
| 17 | They are chained separately only to keep them clear of each other . |
| 18 | On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time . |
| 19 | Perhaps it is a sort of demoralisation , not surprising considering the misfortunes which have wracked the East Asian communities now in Britain — first their years of suffering associated with their expulsion from Africa , then their experiences at the hands of racist British authorities who tried to keep them out of Britain , and finally the day-to-day racism which they have faced in Britain as refugees . |
| 20 | If you need to keep them longer , rinse and pat dry and store them in a sealable container in the fridge . |
| 21 | We owe it to gastronomy to keep them alive . |
| 22 | The couple were determined their honeymoon should be too , despite equal determination on behalf of the world 's press to keep them company . |
| 23 | In 1988 the Bishop of Nagasaki had to turn away young Japanese men from the seminary because he simply could not afford to keep them . |
| 24 | Not only did I get to model the clothes how I liked , I got to keep them all afterwards . |
| 25 | However , I find it difficult to keep them clean . |
| 26 | Suede shoes do take an effort to keep them looking good . |
| 27 | Admittedly , some may have totally unrealistic expectations of the NHS 's power to keep them fit . |
| 28 | All duvets need covers to keep them clean and as a result designers have had virtual carte blanche in producing happy and aesthetic designs for the covers . |
| 29 | The agency wants to keep them as collateral for a securitisation package it plans to sell later this year . |
| 30 | What irks conservatives most is their belief not only that inner-city blacks are unwilling to take jobs , but that the government pays to keep them unwilling . |