Example sentences of "to keep the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To retain tax relief the investor has to keep the BES shares for a minimum of five years . |
| 2 | The exchange rate , which in a market situation would fall , can not come down because the whole dedication of Government policy is to keep the exchange rate at an unreasonable level . |
| 3 | The Belgian government did everything it could to keep the works in the country : a genealogist was employed to trace distant relatives of the artist , and a new law on donations of works of art was passed , with the express purpose of encouraging his heirs to pay the death duties in kind ( in which case roughly 80% of the collection would have remained in Belgium ) . |
| 4 | Labour has vowed to keep the Works open if it wins control of the Council at the next election . |
| 5 | Intel Corp is convinced by the research that suggests that half of all personal computers could include multimedia capability by 1996 , and according to PC Week , and as part of its campaign to keep the iAPX-86 clone fabricators at bay , the company is working on a new version of the 80486 that will incorporate its Digital Video Interactive technology on chip , enabling users to tap full-motion video capabilities without additional add-in chips or boards . |
| 6 | With Monzer al-Kassar and Rifat Assad fronting for the group in Europe , it fell to Kenaan , as the man on the spot , to supervise the supply end of the business , to keep the Bekaa peaceful and productive , to suppress dissent , discourage private enterprise and mediate disputes . |
| 7 | Was this purely er the result of trying to keep the percentage share ? |
| 8 | So beca so because we keeping the percentage share , trying to keep the percentage share down , the aircraft is two years late and two hundred million pounds more expensive . |
| 9 | When in Ephesians 4:3,4 Paul is sketching some of the things all Christians have in common , he has this to say : ‘ Endeavour to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace . |
| 10 | part of a manager 's responsibility , with new and established acts , is to keep the stimulus going which makes the artist want to write , record and perform . |
| 11 | Although it may not appear especially hygienic to keep the litter tray in the kitchen , this is probably the best place because the floor surface here tends to be impermeable . |
| 12 | Cold water cisterns themselves should also be lagged ( see page 44 ) : put insulation on the top of the cistern but not underneath , so that some heat comes up from the house to keep the chill off the cistern . |
| 13 | Would you know , we did n't have any serious illnesses as children , the only place we had a bit of warmth , used to have a valour lamp in the bathroom in the winter , had a valour lamp in there to keep the chill off . |
| 14 | Such a plan allows schools to manage themselves more democratically and to keep the curriculum as the major focus . |
| 15 | The Council will also have to keep the curriculum under review and promote change where this is felt to be necessary . |
| 16 | I think that the press has felt a need to represent John Major as a man as a leader to whom we can all look in whose care we can all feel safe and all that sort of thing , because the media feels pressure to keep the morale of the country up in war time . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll try to keep the DK on a leash . ’ |
| 18 | White French polish is milky-white and is used on bleached wood and marquetry , and in all cases where it is desired to keep the wood as light as possible . |
| 19 | Moreover , when we consider the courses that Pound was led into by his conviction of the civic responsibility of the man of letters — his money pamphlets of the 1930s , his desperate visit home in 1938 to keep the USA out of war with Italy , particularly his wartime broadcasts over Rome radio — we have some right to conclude either that the artist has no civic responsibility at all , or else that that responsibility can safely be discharged only in his art and nowhere else . |
| 20 | AYRTON SENNA did all he could to keep the championship open by yesterday winning the Spanish Grand Prix which , after a week of accusations and exclusions , was something of an anti-climax . |
| 21 | Although , to keep the fun going , Dracula was resurrected as was the Mummy , or Frankenstein 's grandson tried do-it-yourself monster-making with the inevitably horrible results . |
| 22 | Its urgent overall rhythm commands the choreographer to keep the dancers moving forever onwards with greater intensity to the climax , whilst the shorter phrase rhythms give the Chosen Maiden and smaller groups such ways of moving that they hold the audience 's full attention until the fall of the curtain . |
| 23 | Or : ‘ I 'm going to keep the bicycle pump in the drawer with the secateurs . ’ |
| 24 | I cut two holes int he lid and fitted a couple of turned spigots , using plastic pipe to keep the bore as large as possible . |
| 25 | ‘ Although I terminated my business , I had to keep the photocopier going , ’ says Anne Orchardson . |
| 26 | She says it is hard when you have to keep the youngsters quiet sometimes for hours . |
| 27 | So treat regularly to keep the slats supple . |
| 28 | ‘ Must be five pounds at least , ’ Billy yelled , as he desperately tried to keep the shoal penned between the four of them . |
| 29 | I reasoned the pilot must be using descent speed to keep the rotor spinning in readiness for his ‘ landing ’ . |
| 30 | But it was worth it to keep the wolves from the door . |