Example sentences of "[be] kept [prep] [art] [adj] level " in BNC.

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1 If fat loss is at a relatively slow , steady , controlled pace and if moderate exercise is taken , metabolic rate can be kept at a reasonable level ; it might even increase , and you will be fitter , too .
2 Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family .
3 As a result US interest rates had to be kept at a high level .
4 The population were kept at a pre-technological level of civilization , with android advisers to make their lives easy .
5 Rents are kept to a reasonable level to enable as many people as possible to benefit , and the maintenance is in the hands of a committee who hold regular fund-raising events .
6 The significance and measurability of life-style as a determinant of demand is a controversial issue , and so its discussion is kept to an introductory level .
7 Motorised boats harm the ecology of waterways , unless use is kept at a low level , when there are some benefits .
8 That 's true , er the market , and I think , the general public must be aware that so far , the supply is kept at a reasonable level , the erm difficulty coming out of the erm interruption of Iraqi and Kuwaiti field has been replaced .
9 That knowledge enables you to plan your diet so that the balance of complex carbohydrates , fibre , unsaturated fats , animal and vegetable protein is kept at the maximum level for health and energy , as well as good looks .
10 Violence was kept to a low level indeed , by international standards of the day and by present-day British experience .
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