Example sentences of "keep it as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're keeping it as a monument to its origins during the war |
| 2 | Three options for Bart 's — keeping it as a smaller specialist hospital ; closing Smithfield site with services moved ; or combined management with the Royal London and London Chest Hospitals . |
| 3 | I can understand like you picking one up to get rid of it if you 're not scared of it , but playing with one , keeping it as a pet ! |
| 4 | Thank You'-You are about to deflate the small plastic paddling pool in the garden in which no infant has paddled for a month until you realise that it is now full of strange vegetation and even stranger swimming insects and you decide to keep it as a nature reserve . |
| 5 | When opened , relates David Gieve in his bicentenary history of the famous tailors , it disclosed a small life insurance policy and a charming letter in which he said he wished the proceeds of the policy to be applied to settling his final account , and if there was a surplus he would be glad for Gieves to keep it as a modest token of his gratitude for a lifetime 's service . |
| 6 | Today , such a practice would not be considered particularly unusual ; in the context of 1945 it was novel , more so since the Observer had been purchased in 191 1 to keep it as a ‘ Tory organ ’ . |
| 7 | He had tried to keep it as a pet , and had made a cage for it and brought it dandelion leaves to eat ; but it never thrived , and had lived only a few days more . |
| 8 | I could have left the background editor open and used embedding to place the background , but it 's better to keep it as a file . |
| 9 | At the time of Cats , for example , there were lots of offers to turn that into a film , but his instinct was to keep it as a musical play and hold off the film offers . |
| 10 | Its success was very evident and I would hope to keep it as a regular feature of the conference . |
| 11 | The rugged mountain region between Little Loch Broom and Loch Maree is regarded with affection and apprehension by conservationists and mountaineers alike , their concern being to keep it as an unspoilt wilderness against the growing threat of infiltration by unsympathetic tourists and insensitive planners . |
| 12 | " Keep it as a question to confound the candidate at your next Board . |
| 13 | Close the door after you , Jean , and in the meantime please keep it as a secret . ’ |
| 14 | Leave the railways with British Rail , and put the money in that they would spend on privatization to improve the service for all of us , and keep it as a national railway , please . |
| 15 | oh yes , keep it as a birthday present , yes , yes , . |
| 16 | So James had good reason not to trust a local market in tobacco , and to believe that he would do better if he kept it as a commodity to be imported and to pay duty accordingly , mainly at London and Bristol . |
| 17 | A lepidopterist might be able to quote a going price for a preserved chalk-hill blue in good condition , wild rabbits have a price when shot and skinned , but the market price of Twyford Down itself would be low if sold with legal constraints which kept it as an open , public space and high if sold with planning permission for houses or industry ( or even a road ) . |