Example sentences of "[be] kept to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some British students might actually do the course , though they would be kept to a small minority . |
| 2 | The legs are oleo-pneumatic ; small Schrader-type valves enable them to be kept to the correct pressure . |
| 3 | In principle , platform numbers should be kept to an absolute minimum . |
| 4 | These parts are , at best , inefficient in a P-40 and the result is overheating so their taxi time has to be kept to an absolute minimum . ) |
| 5 | Food rewards , if used at all , must be kept to an absolute minimum ( half a Smartie is better than a whole one ) . |
| 6 | THE number of empty council houses in Middlesbrough is being kept to the bare minimum in a bid to ease a housing crisis . |
| 7 | Rents are kept to a reasonable level to enable as many people as possible to benefit , and the maintenance is in the hands of a committee who hold regular fund-raising events . |
| 8 | However , environmentalists are calling for proof from manufacturers that no other propellant can be used to replace CFCs in these instances , so that emissions are kept to a bare minimum . |
| 9 | All our cottages are kept to a high standard to ensure an enjoyable stay . |
| 10 | Expatriate vehicles are kept to an absolute minimum , and site offices are merely caravans . |
| 11 | The significance and measurability of life-style as a determinant of demand is a controversial issue , and so its discussion is kept to an introductory level . |
| 12 | It is important however that the manager should set down the areas where responsibility for decisions is vested in the surveyor in order that any uncertainty regarding delegated authority is kept to an absolute minimum . |
| 13 | Thirdly the equipment and systems reliability of ‘ high-bay ’ warehouses can now achieve very high levels provided that maintenance is kept to an adequate standard ; availability of equipment for use is often in excess of 97% of the time work is available . |
| 14 | Violence was kept to a low level indeed , by international standards of the day and by present-day British experience . |
| 15 | The fact that the accident rate in wooden aircraft was kept to a reasonable figure and that enough gliders arrived in France in adequate structural condition was due in a considerable measure to Mark Pryor . |