Example sentences of "and [adv] keep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bourgeois ideology takes over the legitimizing functions of traditional society and thereby keeps power relations inaccessible to analysis and public consciousness . |
| 2 | Another cut in short-term interest rates , by contrast , would provoke new jitters about inflation and so keep bond yields high . |
| 3 | After the Falklands war , one could observe what great efforts relatives of soldiers and sailors killed there were prepared to make in order to visit their graves , and so keep memory alive . |
| 4 | It restricts the mobility of workers and so keeps unemployment higher than it need be : people who own their homes are less willing to move to another area to find a job . |
| 5 | I cut the cheese with the Lappish knife I acquired last time out ; it has a 25-centimetre blade and can open cans , cut fire-wood and generally keep misery at bay . |
| 6 | A representative national committee for religious education and welfare was set up to establish youth clubs , organise correspondence classes , distribute literature and generally to keep contact with refugee children in Christian homes , offering Jewish hospitality at times of festival or fast and preparing boys for Bar Mitzvah . |
| 7 | ‘ On the early things on Sun it 's him , and then later on , on RCA , occasionally he would play or , like you mentioned before , he would turn the guitar over and just keep time on the back of it . ’ |
| 8 | Always study the instructions supplied , try out your stove before setting out , and always keep safety in mind . |
| 9 | Thankfully he landed on it for a moment , moving his body back and forth to keep balance with the stress of the wind and peering about him . |
| 10 | Another ant species , Catallaucus mackeyi , does not protect the tree and also keeps Petalomyrex ants away : it is therefore a parasite on the system . |
| 11 | In a country as large as Australia the need for transportation fuels is paramount and even to keep growth down to this level will mean continuing efforts at economy by use of smaller cars and the replacement of oil-fired by coal-fired power stations . |
| 12 | Everyone knew it was a piece of junk , made for the sole purpose of making a quick buck and maybe keeping Mitchum out of jail . |
| 13 | To place one item , one element , in relation to all the others , and yet to keep space open for further elements . |
| 14 | Man-made fibres were first developed to imitate natural ones , and ultimately to keep pace with the growing demand for fabrics , as it is not possible to produce enough from natural sources alone . |