Example sentences of "to keep it in " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a wheel starts to spin , the brake attached to it squeezes just enough to keep it in check while the engine throttles back . |
| 2 | Greenpeace was accused of scientific sloppiness , so it appointed a director of science and two people to work with him , a recognition in its way that zipping over the waves in pursuit of whalers was not enough to keep it in the forefront in these intellectually demanding days of climate change . |
| 3 | If you wish to purchase a chunk of salame to slice yourself in the future , you should ask for the casing to be left on the meat to keep it in prime condition . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , you do n't think I 'm going to keep it in the fridge , do you ? ’ |
| 6 | It is generally best to leave maintenance and repairs of central heating boilers to an expert service engineer , and to have your system serviced at least annually to keep it in good condition . |
| 7 | Lowering the tender took care and patience if they wanted to keep it in one piece . |
| 8 | Nutrition is the process by which the body acquires all the foodstuffs it needs to keep it in good working order and converts them into energy , new body tissue and those substances necessary to keep all the body processes ( metabolism ) going . |
| 9 | I plan to repaint it but would like to keep it in its present colours . |
| 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 . |
| 11 | But it may be well to keep it in existence . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | For younger children , play the same game but this time they can hit the ball with their hands to keep it in the air . |
| 14 | You can use paper of similar thickness but unless you stick it in some way to the faces it is difficult to keep it in position when assembling the cores into the bobbin and bolting it down to the board . |
| 15 | The filter body sits on a hanger equipped with four of Eheim 's excellent suckers to keep it in place . |
| 16 | But at least we managed to keep it in the UK , although we had lots of offers to go abroad . |
| 17 | Whether your hair is naturally curly or permed it needs extra special care to keep it in tip-top condition . |
| 18 | Not only do we need to strengthen up the entire body to keep it in good working order but there are certain areas that need extra exercise to give the area more definition ; areas that accumulate unwanted flab . |
| 19 | I usually put my ribber carriage against the garter bar as this helps to keep it in its slightly precarious position while I finish knitting the first side . |
| 20 | In an effort to keep it in Fort Worth the museum agreed to allow time for a public subscription rather than following the normal procedure of consigning it to an auction house . |
| 21 | Indeed , the College told the Court of the University of London in June 1991 that it would not be adding significantly to its accumulated deficit of £1.2 million in 1991–92 , that student numbers were increasing ‘ comfortably ’ and that surpluses should follow in 1993–94 and 1994–95 and that the main building needed only £5 million until the year 2000 to keep it in good repair . |
| 22 | I have to keep it in those margins . |
| 23 | Traditionally , the ribbon weave was left loose , but it 's easier to use interfacing to keep it in place . |
| 24 | ‘ Now he has got fascinated by the paper as well , he 's made it look like a field of bridal veils , but it 's going to be difficult to keep it in place when we move it at night . |
| 25 | And here too , you can see how sturdily the once-wandering river Adour has been walled in , to keep it in place . |
| 26 | Although you are here , on the summit , at 9,400 feet , well above the permanent snow line in the Pyrenees , which starts at about 8,500 feet , there is seldom any snow in the summer , because the sides of the mountain are too steep , especially on the north side , to keep it in place . |
| 27 | What is , to my mind , incredible , is that he could ever have supposed that the money was being either paid by the plaintiffs or received by the defendants with the intention or on the footing that the defendants were to keep it in any event . |
| 28 | That means gravity had to pull harder on it — harder than on you — to keep it in that orbit . |
| 29 | When they give you it , they have to watch you swallow it , but I used to keep it in the back of my throat and save it up . |
| 30 | He , if anyone , would be guaranteed to keep it in check . |