Example sentences of "be kept [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that meeting had finished , it would help police enquiries if the tourists could be kept amused for the rest of the morning . |
| 2 | Since then , the issue has been rumbling on in the French press , being kept alive for the fast-approaching Five Nations Championship . |
| 3 | In Miss Weeton 's Journal of a Governess , she writes on 15th September 1810 : ‘ I would have introduced you to Mr. Green , who keeps an exhibition of drawings ( all his own ) in that village where you might have been amused for two or three hours-for he has a great number , two rooms being kept open for the purpose . |
| 4 | The chief officers of the household had to ensure that " hearts were kept aflame for the king 's service " . |
| 5 | Moulvi ali Zoha , a Rohingya Muslim who arrived in Bangladesh on Monday , told United News , a Bangladeshi news agency , that the soldiers were angered by the Muslims ' breaking open the doors of the mosque , which had been kept locked for the last few months since the Burmese authorities clamped down on the Rohingyas . |
| 6 | Washing machines and dryers are kept busy for the rest of the day and much of the night . |
| 7 | The Labour party in this county , values the role of small rural schools , but we are not prepared to see urban schools suffer to make sure that urb , rural schools are kept open for the sake of being kept open . |
| 8 | It was kept cool for the sake of the product , and the décor itself was cool . |