Example sentences of "to keep [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That way it 's a lot easier to keep watch and make sure they do n't creep up on you , and you can keep going as well . |
| 2 | What are the advantages of actually using a computer to keep accounts as opposed to a gentleman sitting on a tall stool with a quill pen ? |
| 3 | The supervisor is required to keep accounts and records and file an abstract of them with the court at least once a year , giving copies to the debtor and to all creditors . |
| 4 | Spenser fears the same fate may await The Faerie Queene — ‘ this homely verse , of many meanest ’ — and commands his ‘ rimes ’ to keep measure and ‘ seeke to please , that now is counted wisemens threasure ’ ( VI , XII , 41 ) . |
| 5 | They have a comprehensive catalogue , which includes details of their cricket-care initiative , designed to keep clubs and schools informed of all the latest developments in coaching facilities and ground-care , as well as offering some of the latest innovative products . |
| 6 | Hitler 's policy was clever : to keep Romania and Hungary in competition with each other to see which could make the greater territorial gains . |
| 7 | ‘ To keep Roger and Caroline happy ? |
| 8 | We look at two systems that aim to keep operators and chemicals well apart . |
| 9 | This personality disorder is characterised by a lack of guilt and an inability to keep rules or form lasting relationships . |
| 10 | NLS News aims to keep readers and friends of the Library in touch with the range of activities and developments in services . |
| 11 | NLS News aims to keep readers and friends of the Library in touch with the range of activities and developments in services . |
| 12 | Remember to keep rhubarb that has not been stripped of its poisonous leaves well away from similar-looking cabbage or spinach ; remove green parts and sprouting eyes from your potatoes . |
| 13 | These sorts of courses are needed by anyone who keeps animals , and you ought not to be allowed to keep animals unless you have attended such a course . |
| 14 | Some people buy rare or difficult to keep animals as pets and donate them to zoos . |
| 15 | When the economic crisis became severe , community mobilization became not so much a question of participation in decision-making as practical support to keep schools and education projects going . |
| 16 | It 's vital to keep momentum and motivation going . |
| 17 | If you do n't mind older children , or a family ( adoption agencies like to keep brothers and sisters together if possible ) or a handicapped child , then there is no barrier to you . |
| 18 | Its main significance is likely to be to keep heads and their staff — and governing bodies — on permanent guard against the possibility of local challenge . |
| 19 | In Christian writers there is a story , probably of Jewish origin , that Alexander brought the bones of the prophet Jeremiah into Alexandria to keep snakes and crocodiles out of it ( Suda , s.v . |
| 20 | The bank-controlled Visa and MasterCard networks , with more than 75% of the general-purpose cards market between them , are fighting a discount war with American Express to keep shops and restaurants loyal as recession slows their billings , while fending off powerful non-bank competitors , led by AT&T and Sears Roebuck , who want to join their networks . |
| 21 | Strong belief in the virtues of stylistic and semantic consistency urge us to keep kindness and sword-strokes , loved women and bestridden horses , in separate mental compartments . |
| 22 | The mother sometimes finds it very difficult to give away an almost impossible to keep child and the child , when grown up , may think about why their mother gave them away . |
| 23 | It sees them as little more than rural ghettoes designed by previous hated white regimes to keep blacks and whites apart . |
| 24 | Gedge was keen to keep parents and old friends informed and began corresponding with the local paper , The Middleton Guardian . |
| 25 | ‘ This accident was the result of the failure of the children 's parents and grandparents to keep lighters and matches away from children . ’ |
| 26 | After two very noisy and unruly hours , with the local police trying to keep law and order , the angry mob reluctantly dispersed . |
| 27 | A lot of people in the garden are digging them round about August September time really which is too early to keep potatoes and then the flesh is far softer . |
| 28 | I try to keep work and my private life separate . ’ |
| 29 | I thought we had to have excessively high interest rates in order to keep sterling where it is . |
| 30 | I 'll take some Bovril up for 'er too , and some sausage rolls , we all 'ave to keep body an' soul together . |