Example sentences of "keep up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , try those for and er , I mean there , but there , they 'll go on to a similar any way , but just keeping up the enjoyment side and er |
| 2 | The King of Prussia kept up a desperate defensive campaign against his other main enemies , Austria and Russia ; Britain contributed to this struggle not only by keeping up the army for the defence of Hanover and western Germany but also by supplying money , first as loans and then about £3m. in grants , to keep the Prussian army going . |
| 3 | Mind you , I 've been keeping up the ice dance so all the canals are frozen and he ca n't get a match to fish , ’ joked Dave , who runs Midlands Angling Products . |
| 4 | A Borderer from Melrose , he showed more interest in keeping up the rivalry between Highlander and Lowlander than in scoring off the Sassenachs , whom he was prepared to respect as competitors and , if they were good enough , business associates . |
| 5 | This is in addition to the normal purposes of cuts , such as keeping up the pace of the story , or giving emphasis to actions or reactions . |
| 6 | Kirov took a couple steps back , keeping up the look of rejection before allowing his face to clear . |
| 7 | But if they were supposed to be keeping up the fiction about being happily married — a second honeymoon , indeed ! — then it was going to look a bit odd , if not downright peculiar , if he did n't spend his nights here in the cottage . |
| 8 | From having the best midfield in the league it now seems to have gone distinctly limp — what price now Batty ( nice to see Battyburn keeping up the chase ) . |
| 9 | Blanche fished , tickling him into keeping up the conversation . |
| 10 | The most important thing was just physically keeping up the morale . |
| 11 | The conservatism of central and local government bureaucracy is only likely to be overcome if there is a strong , independent political movement keeping up the pressure for the legislation to be made meaningful . |
| 12 | He should still be inside , keeping up the pressure until he forced the truth out of her . |
| 13 | As for the Multiple sclerosis sufferers at Didcot ; they believe there 's enough evidence to give credibility to their treatment , so they 're keeping up the pressure both inside and outside the chamber . |
| 14 | But we will be keeping up the pressure . ’ |
| 15 | In 1985 I stood on the quayside , shivering in the cold drizzle , to watch Arthur Hutton plant the hedge , closely watched by his grandson Martin , who hopes one day to follow his grandfather in keeping up the custom . |
| 16 | The RCM understood this as well as they understood the realities of keeping up the supply of foster parents . |
| 17 | We can now understand the importance to a country of keeping up the volume of exports . |
| 18 | Bill Strachan , its second owner , is keeping up the policy of good beer . |
| 19 | Keeping up the pricing pressure , Dell Computer Corp yesterday cut prices by $50 to $300 on six of its Dimension systems : the cuts affect three mid-size desktops and three floor-standing systems , and move than 60 Dimension configurations . |
| 20 | Tyrants and tribs with Ewen MacAskill mug Keeping up the stream of insults |
| 21 | Zak , keeping up the tension , said that at the last of our brief stops at minor stations he had been handed a telex about Angelica 's missing friend Steve . |
| 22 | West need three points to be sure of promotion , Newcastle keeping up the challenge on Saturday by winning 54–21 at home to Plymouth . |
| 23 | At the moment they are prepared to work with the political parties in keeping up the momentum December generated , but it 's clear they intend to progress with their agenda whether or not the formal politicians continue to drag their feet . |
| 24 | The question for investors now is whether the shares , excellent performers through the recession , can keep up the pace in a recovery . |
| 25 | What this rush to a newer , more gorgeous you fails to accept is that you ca n't keep up the pace forever . |
| 26 | If it can keep up the pace , ICL 's hope is that it could overtake IBM in the UK by 1996 . |
| 27 | Sadly , it was inevitable that we could not keep up the pace against Twitchit Albion , especially with so many of our squad approaching the twilight of their careers . |
| 28 | I could n't keep up the pretence any longer . |
| 29 | How long could she keep up the pretence of being a competent sailor ? |
| 30 | SHADOW Health Secretary Dave Blunkett vowed that Labour would keep up the fight to stop the Tories ruining the NHS . |