Example sentences of "[being] kept [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The officer who saw the vehicle being kept should be in a position to state the length of time he observed the vehicle being kept on a public road , but see ( B ) 2 of this offence regarding the length of time kept being immaterial . |
| 2 | The goods which include caravans , trailers , antiques and jewellery are all being kept at a secret location . |
| 3 | THE number of empty council houses in Middlesbrough is being kept to the bare minimum in a bid to ease a housing crisis . |
| 4 | This disease has been eradicated from the world , an achievement which must rank as one of WHO 's greatest successes , although some vaccine is being kept in a limited number of centres in case of resurgence of smallpox . |
| 5 | Last year Amnesty heard that Orton Chirwa , who has died in prison in Malawi , aged 73 , was being kept in a squatting position in handcuffs and leg-irons , which were chained to an iron-bar behind his knees . |