Example sentences of "keep for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suggestions of obligating the unemployed to work for their benefits are quite in keeping for a Government which has done virtually everything else it can to ensure that millions of Britons will work for derisory incomes . |
| 2 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 3 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 4 | Professor Herbert argues that such an arrangement is neither cold-blooded nor out of keeping for a family . |
| 5 | Even these unpretentious , non-vintage champagnes benefit from keeping for a time ; the great champagnes repay keeping for years and years . |
| 6 | It will keep for a while , at least until I have recorded a little visit I made after I finished writing my life of Elsie and the episode concerning the Butcher . |
| 7 | A bottle will keep for a couple of hours once out of the fridge , but if you need to keep it for longer you should store it in an insulated cool-bag until it 's needed . |
| 8 | " Game to be sent to distant places " , wrote Meg Dods , long before the advent of the refrigerator " and potted without cutting up the birds will keep for a month . " |
| 9 | Whatever we do with a horse from the beginning of its life will influence the creation of habits or forms of behaviour which it may well keep for the rest of its life . |
| 10 | ‘ Then she shoots them in afterwards , ’ said Lili , ‘ with a special little pistol she keeps for the purpose . ’ |
| 11 | There must come a point when you realize that all these confidences are piling up , useless , in the store room , like the possessions elderly people sometimes keep for no purpose . |
| 12 | There is seldom enough winter keep for the whole of the breeding stock , and ewe lambs are often sent away to winter in less rugged conditions . |
| 13 | He was interested in how far Siward had taken his men back into the untouched part of the forest , where the clearing kept for the highway from Dunedin to the Forth crossing had encouraged the fire to turn to one side , helped by the slight change of wind . |
| 14 | Turner also supplied establishments out of town , advertising ‘ a Conveyance kept for the purpose of sending Coffins , Goods , &c. to any part of Town or Country , with Dispatch ’ . |
| 15 | It is a creative process , not a past process and something which is just stored away and lost and kept for the future . |
| 16 | It also prevents discoloration of icing by the cake if it is to be kept for a while . |
| 17 | Clothes are kept for a month ( do n't claim them and they go to local charities ) so the stock always changes . |
| 18 | Some fromage frais and quark have a longer shelf life and may be kept for a week or ten days after purchase . |
| 19 | Nathaniel Houlton , a widower living in Bristol , itemized the details of his coffin in a will drafted on 26 May 1767 : ‘ First , It is my Will and Desire ( if it can be done without being Offensive ) to have my Body kept for the space of One Week at the Least after my Demise , before my Coffin ( which I direct shall have a Double or false Lid , as my late Wife 's had ) , be closed up ; … |
| 20 | Mermaids were sometimes captured and kept for the knowledge they could bestow upon humans , particularly their understanding of herbal lore and their gifts of prophecy . |
| 21 | The hotel operated a policy of re-letting rooms if not taken up by 6pm , but if the customer paid a separate charge , the room could be kept for the customer after that time . |
| 22 | It was a vow Isabel knew would be kept for the rest of their lives . |
| 23 | At each review particular watch was kept for the development of inappropriate obsession with food or an excessive tendency to limit diet and reintroductions . |
| 24 | They said of Sherwood Forest , ‘ No Deer being now kept for the King in any Part of the Forest , except Thorney Woods , the Forestrial Rights are productive of no Profit or Advantage ’ . |
| 25 | Brightly-coloured uniforms and gleaming breastplates were not kept for the parade ground , but were meant to be worn in battle . |
| 26 | S382 of the CA 1985 provides that ‘ every company shall cause minutes of all proceedings of general meetings , all proceedings at meetings of its directors … to be entered in books kept for the purpose . ’ |
| 27 | A special receipt book in triplicate is kept for the purpose . |
| 28 | These receipts are gummed into a special book kept for the purpose , as they would have to be produced if a claim for compensation is made . |
| 29 | Shadow 's darker side is kept for the TV studios . |
| 30 | Everybody tells jokes at school , but most jokes are best kept for the playground . |