Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] keep with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From his self-imposed exile in America , the Lebanese Maronite poet Khalil Gibran — whose verse and drawings have an uncanny similarity to the work of William Blake — was moved to write an angry , ferocious poem quite out of keeping with the gentle , philosophical message for which he is generally remembered : |
| 2 | The surroundings were wholly out of keeping with the importance of the people there and the nature of their task . |
| 3 | He also felt it to be out of keeping with the scale of neighbouring dwellings , particularly the Old School House . |
| 4 | The suggested move towards a centrally-determined curriculum , however , was still out of keeping with the spirit of the times . |
| 5 | Any idea of codification was out of keeping with the English tradition of relatively unfettered judicial discretion and the elasticity of the common law . |
| 6 | In the new context , these were quite out of keeping with the times , for the poor had to change as well as everyone else . |
| 7 | When conduct on the part of a government or some other public body is dubbed ‘ unconstitutional ’ , what is often meant is not necessarily that the law has been broken , but rather that the action is out of keeping with the style or , more broadly , the ‘ way of life ’ of a country … |
| 8 | A great bed with a dark carved headboard like an ecclesiastical panel reaching half-way up the wall , a chest of drawers supporting a mirror between brass pillars , a desk dropped open exposing drawers and pigeon holes stuffed with papers : these high-polished , sombre items , out of keeping with the rest of the house , subsided within the airtight hush of the room curtained and shuttered against the light . |
| 9 | Where a director of music has an inadequate knowledge of the liturgy , the musical contribution may be at best out of keeping with the rest of the celebration , and at worst destructive of it . |
| 10 | It seems obvious that you should buy the most powerful motherboard that you can afford but do n't make the mistake of buying something out of keeping with the re-used components or you will be looking to replace those too in a few months ! |
| 11 | They consider the gates are too large and out of keeping with the character of the area . |
| 12 | The majority of the Parish Council object to this development because it is out of keeping with the surrounding properties in size , design and proposed building materials . |
| 13 | The proposed dwelling is out of keeping with the nearby existing dwellings and will detract from the character of the stone archway and The Lodge . |