Example sentences of "keep up the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis , he supposed , keeping up the first son tradition . |
| 2 | Keeping up the good work , they are now holding meetings and demonstrations every six weeks to motivate young people coming into the industry . |
| 3 | Even if this were n't so , there would probably be good economic reasons for not keeping up the maximum pulse rate all the time . |
| 4 | There are still a great many old-stagers who still insist on keeping up the old style — 13th January . |
| 5 | In Moscow yesterday Mr Yeltsin — whose mother died at the weekend — stayed out of public view for the second day , letting his aides keep up the political pressure . |
| 6 | Please do keep up the good work . |
| 7 | However , Wanderers are true amateurs on the field and will no doubt battle until they give up , so let's hope Athletico can keep up the good work and send them home with three lost points and the Samaritans ’ telephone number . |
| 8 | I 'll try and keep up the good work . ’ |
| 9 | For their debut album ‘ Ireland 's Dancing Days ’ is released today and will keep up the harmonious accordion tradition — on the Emerald label . |
| 10 | All these obligations are designed to ensure that the tenant keeps up the real value of the scheme and that the landlord 's income remains as high as possible . |
| 11 | The Bank also uses the Exchange Equalization Account to intervene in the foreign exchange market by buying up surplus sterling to keep up the external value of the pound . |
| 12 | Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing ! |
| 13 | This book seems to be based on the techniques I have long suspected some producers use to keep a discussion going for the full length of a programme whether there is anything in it or not , to keep up the emotional temperature even about unexciting things , and to emit statements which are just distorted enough to get people objecting , whether they are worth objecting to or not . |
| 14 | He had no idea what an effort it had been for Topaz to keep up the easy flow of chatter . |
| 15 | Political persuasion was required to keep up the political momentum , and given the changing age profile of the electorate — many of whom had not been adults a decade ago — Sir Geoffrey warned : ‘ We 've got to choose the style to match the mood of Britain . ’ |
| 16 | What a lack of self-confidence this implies : the present wants both to patronise the past by adjudicating on its political acceptability , and also to be flattered by it , to be patted on the back and told to keep up the good work . |
| 17 | We hope you find the current issue still of interest and we plan to keep up the good work during the coming year seeking out happenings/events/ stories to retell for you , but as it is your newspaper do contact us with your own ideas and suggestions at any time . |
| 18 | At times , pressure on space meant we could not do justice to the work she did for us , but nevertheless she continued to keep up the high standards she set herself . |
| 19 | If you 're going to keep up the same pattern of commitments the answer is that the army is already stretched as it clan be and so are the other two services and this is putting a terrific strain on the individual servicemen and their families . |
| 20 | These hints had their final expression in an astonishing personal letter written by Knox to Mary on 26 October 1559 , claiming that ‘ if it be the office of a very friend to give true and faithful counsel to them whom he sees run to destruction for lack of the same , I could not be proven enemy to your Grace but rather a friend unfeigned ’ — even if moderation was never Knox 's strong suit and so , unable to keep up the quiet tone of the letter , he felt impelled to throw in a postscript : ‘ God move your heart yet in time to consider that ye fight not against man , but against the eternal God , and against his Son Jesus Christ , the only Prince of the kings of the earth . ’ |
| 21 | Alone with Shannon , Marianne did n't bother to keep up the saccharin-sweet condescension she bestowed on her when Dane and Josh were around , and the undisguised venom in her green eyes sent a ripple of unease along Shae 's spine . |
| 22 | ‘ Keep up the good work , ’ he waved her farewell , ‘ tell the next child to come in . ’ |
| 23 | Keep up the good work of entertaining your fans on court Steffi ; we know you can do it ; your fans are behind you all the way . |
| 24 | Keep up the good work during this exhilarating time . |
| 25 | Keep up the good work on a splendid magazine . |
| 26 | Keep up the good work . |
| 27 | Keep up the good work . |
| 28 | Keep up the good work — these people must be kept off the streets . |
| 29 | Or perchance ending it with that old adage , ‘ Keep up the good work ’ ? |
| 30 | Keep up the good work with your excellent magazine . |