Example sentences of "[adj] to keep [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that was a brilliant attempt from a boy who really finds it hard to keep on the line , you know . |
| 2 | ‘ Anything you 'd like to have been able to keep about the past ? ’ |
| 3 | I have been assured that the décor will be completed by the end of July , so we shall be able to keep to the schedule we have arranged and open in September . |
| 4 | It turned out that our candidate , who came to address us one evening , knew my Aunt Kit and had the greatest admiration for her , even though he also knew that the only reason why she had not been offered another , safer constituency after 1945 was that it had become too obvious she was unable to keep off the drink . |
| 5 | This can make it very difficult to keep to the repayment plans , and the loss of home and fuel becomes more likely . |
| 6 | If the ball is left short it is virtually impossible to save par as the approach shot will almost certainly spin back off the green , leaving the player with a chip shot which will be equally as difficult to keep on the green the other side . |
| 7 | It is more difficult to keep within the powers they confer , to change them or interpret them on a pragmatic basis . |
| 8 | However , it 's easier if you solder the smaller parts first and work upward in size ; the smaller parts are much more difficult to keep in the board prior to soldering if the board has to be balanced on larger components . |
| 9 | well you know if , I mean if you 're keen to keep on the course but just having a few difficulties |
| 10 | Akayev told parliament : " It is necessary to keep in the constitution references to the moral value of Islam , and no one needs any convincing that in place of a secular state we shall build an Islamic state . |