Example sentences of "[noun] have be kept [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The memory of this tragic story has been kept alive throughout the centuries and continues to be by the occasional appearance of The Green Lady — a ghost said to cross the road from Thorpe Hall only to disappear into the trees opposite .
2 For example , is it not true that the Roosecote project has received a substantial amount of capital from NORWEB but that the deal has been kept secret ?
3 By common consent , Ravenscraig has been kept alive since 1982 because workers have broken all production records .
4 The law of mistake in expert determination has been kept separate from the general law of contractual mistake , on which see Chitty on Contracts , Chapter 5 .
5 However , these occasional tensions had been kept private until Robert and Samuel Wilberforce chose to make some of them public in the life of their father they published in 1838 .
6 But after an advertisement in the Financial Times asking for offers Touche Ross have been kept busy sorting the inquiries .
7 Orkney 's Marine Pollution Officer , Captain Bob Sclater aid that the Department of Transport had been kept abreast of developments .
8 very often find knowing that they 've left voluntarily to have babies and have decided not to go back to the job although the job 's been kept open for them .
9 The price of the ticket has been kept low and it is necessary to run raffles to defray expenses .
10 In recent years this charity has been kept alive when funds allow , with the distribution of vouchers for those considered needy .
11 He said : ‘ Colin and his staff have been kept busy in Peterhead and Aberdeen , using our office at 36 Commerce Street as his Aberdeen base .
12 Although which river had been kept secret from Trent , he was certain that it would be the north fork of the Belpan where a bend would hide them from the road bridge .
13 Others had grown complacent , partly because previous Soviet accidents had been kept secret in order to persuade the public of the benefits of nuclear power .
14 A tiled Victorian fireplace has been kept intact and makes a pretty additional feature .
15 Traditionally these two stereotypes of womanhood had been kept separate .
16 For several days he was at death 's door , and a grave had been kept ready in case the worst happened .
17 In Nigeria , the tradition of a politically independent press has been kept alive .
18 The accident reports had been kept secret .
19 Unix Labs says that Novell has been kept abreast of its strategy and efforts in the case , and has indicated its support .
20 USL says Novell has been kept abreast of its strategy and efforts and has indicated its support .
21 BATMAN 2 ( can you stand the anticipation ? ) starts shooting in Mexico later this year , much to the displeasure of the British film industry : the original Pinewood set has been kept intact since last year at a cost of £60,000 per month .
22 The design has been kept basic to reduce costs — no calibrations for the side fence , and a fixed fore and aft fence ( shims or packing could be used to vary the relative positions of each side of the fence ) .
23 However , contrary to the rig 's operating manual , the centre ballast tanks had been kept full instead of empty , resulting in a ‘ condition in which a 10–15 o list could develop rapidly ’ , the board said .
24 Dr Tom Walker , the head of BP Nutrition , says that BP had been kept aware of developments but had decided not to take part .
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