Example sentences of "to keep [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several of them were fringe members who we have not been able to keep on to some of them especially in er in Little Hulton and Irlam |
| 2 | He wanted to keep close to the poor bloody infantry , so he would get into discussion with the constable on the beat , the detective on a case ; and he would end up being drawn into endorsing action that the Inspector in charge would not countenance . |
| 3 | Notice how the compact legs are enabling the body to keep close to the board . |
| 4 | He was nursing his arm , his task seemed to be to keep close to Marian and prevent her making a dash for it . |
| 5 | Jess ignored the protest and pushed on , managing to keep close to the wall and surfacing not two feet from the doors . |
| 6 | She made her way across the room to where her father was , still with Urquhart following ; evidently there was no need to keep close to the stepmother with the rest ; it looked as if Kate knew her own mind . |
| 7 | He still felt extremely nervous about what might happen once they left the warren and had decided that the best way to avoid trouble would be to keep close to Hazel and do exactly what he said . |
| 8 | It 's important to tap along each join to keep close to the glass . |
| 9 | She had to keep close to this man even if it meant sharing his bed . |
| 10 | At first sight A* , and breadth-first search appear to be quite different : the former tries to keep close to the correct path by comparing costs , the latter blindly and exhaustively explores each level . |
| 11 | The criteria placed a duty on the security service to keep up to date its information covering subversion … |
| 12 | Experienced volunteers thought that they should help with in-bureau tutoring ; among the few who knew what social policy work was , there were some who wanted to take more part in it and others who wanted more time to read in order to keep up to date . |
| 13 | The reader should endeavour to keep up to date with oil market developments because of their impact upon the international economy and financial system . |
| 14 | When the sergeant visited you , he was supposed to sign your book — you had to keep up to date with everything in it . |
| 15 | My own experience , backed up by that of field workers I have talked with and beginning to be supported by some research evidence suggests that other factors such as personal maturity and the will and opportunity to keep up to date are even more important . |
| 16 | To keep up to date on developments in farm animal welfare , join Compassion in World Farming |
| 17 | You know it will save you time and money to learn tips and tricks which maximise productivity , to keep up to date with new developments which can help you , and to have someone to call , free of charge , whenever you have a query . |
| 18 | Liaises with bride 's family to keep up to date with wedding plans . |
| 19 | Also worth looking at to keep up to date are the Radio Times and TV Times : useful sources of information on current programmes together with the names of the presenters and producers . |
| 20 | Some students were reduced to learning their work parrot-fashion in order to keep up to the standard , while at the same time lacking any real understanding of what they were taught . |
| 21 | We recommend that you visit the periodicals area each week , to keep up to date with one or two topics that particularly interest you . |
| 22 | And it really is n't eas it really is n't difficult to keep up to date er once you 've got the background because although income tax does change it only changes annually , it may well change more frequently changes annually . |
| 23 | I send them on regular trips abroad to keep up to date with new technology … ’ |
| 24 | as oh that 's good , I feel that they 're now acid and alkalis , seem to be important , I 've done I 've put a lot of effort into them , maybe just a quick glance at those occasionally to keep up to date . |
| 25 | And always the social pressure to keep up to date and with the scene . |
| 26 | ‘ the complexities of legal practice are such that it is difficult to see how a one man band can take holidays , cope with illness , and set aside time to keep up to date with the law and still give an adequate service to public . |
| 27 | Jack Ashley MP says the deaf and hard-of-hearing will now be able to keep up to date with the news . |
| 28 | ‘ If a woman wanted to maintain the right to come back into a job she would have to take part in in-service courses to keep up to date with changes in the working world . ’ |
| 29 | This is why that the leaning process never ends , it 's , it 's always on , the new developments come in and people have to be taught , and firemen have to keep up to date with that . |
| 30 | The second number of the 1993 volume , which has now gone to print , contains an extra selection of book reviews , and as well as the usual listing it has several other items that will be of interest to anyone who wants to keep up to date with what is being published . |