Example sentences of "[noun] to keep it in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US continued to pour money into the South to keep it in power , again sinking deeper into the quicksand in the process . |
| 2 | The whole workforce turned up outside the Bentley Piano factory at Woodchester as part of their battle to keep it in business . |
| 3 | We have been told there should have been clips at the back to keep it in place . |
| 4 | Traditionally , the ribbon weave was left loose , but it 's easier to use interfacing to keep it in place . |
| 5 | Although the party had secured only 8,360,000 votes compared with the 8,664,000 who voted Conservative , it had won most seats in parliament and it became inevitable that it should form a second minority government , once again relying upon Liberal Party support to keep it in office . |
| 6 | The filter body sits on a hanger equipped with four of Eheim 's excellent suckers to keep it in place . |
| 7 | Equally , where the lift is an essential means of access he will be under a duty to take reasonable care to keep it in working order ( Liverpool City Council v Irwin ) . |
| 8 | The Nepalese rupee was devalued against the US dollar by 20.96 per cent in two moves on July 2 and 3 in order to keep it in line with the recently devalued India rupee [ see p. 38334 ] . |
| 9 | This teleprinter machine was a temperamental beast and had to be carefully watched to make sure it did n't run out of paper , or chew it into shreds or otherwise make a mess of things , and it was one of our duties as Met Assistants to keep it in order . |
| 10 | He has little difficulty in pulling summer sheets and other light rugs straight over his head , even if there are straps under his tummy , so at night he has a rug with leg straps to keep it in place . |