Example sentences of "be kept [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no reason why a Red-Tail should not be kept with other fish . |
| 2 | 4.7 The security arrangements for each building must be kept under regular review by the workplace manager in order to highlight any alteration or change in working practice which may be needed to provide a more secure working environment . |
| 3 | Whilst the provisions of the agreement should when drafted accurately reflect what the partners desire to happen in certain specified events or , at any rate , what the partners may have agreed as a satisfactory basis for subsequent negotiation or a sufficient fall-back position if those negotiations should break down , they should be kept under regular review . |
| 4 | these proposals we regard as doing no more than initiating a programme of family welfare which will have to be kept under continuous review and modified and expanded in the light of experience and deeper knowledge . |
| 5 | It is accepted that our journal list should be kept under continuous review , but the Library costs are actually below average for UK plant science research institutions ( Royal Society/SEPSU Policy Study ) , and should be protected against short-term financial exigencies . |
| 6 | But the Chancellor , warning of the ‘ hard choices ’ he had to make , declared : ‘ Above all , public spending must be kept under firm control . ’ |
| 7 | But costs must be kept under firm control . ’ |
| 8 | Therefore it has been seen as right that they should be kept under male control . |
| 9 | Normally this could be kept under close observation and could clear up of its own accord in optimum conditions , but as these fish had already been through so much , I decided to treat then with herbs . |
| 10 | There are bound to be dangers where poisonous liquids are involved and children should be kept under close control . |
| 11 | This seems to indicate that , despite his reference to sex as a fine and noble thing , he still regards it with a certain amount of misgiving , and as something that should be kept under strict control . |
| 12 | This old dear , who was to be kept under heavy sedation , clearly did n't know that she was a long-term patient , being treated for depression . |
| 13 | stated that NVQ could affect membership degrees , and that the matter should be kept under continuing review . |
| 14 | Moreover , that agreement should be kept under constant scrutiny during the initial period after the merger and amended as necessary to take account of the adjustments which will almost certainly be required as a result of the new firm 's experiences . |
| 15 | Relatively few intellectuals took the view that the regime should be kept under constant pressure . |
| 16 | Finally , it is clear that centralized planning such as this must be kept under constant review , if it is to respond to changed needs and resources . |
| 17 | Can my right hon. Friend assure the House , nevertheless , that the validity of the arguments behind ’ Options for Change ’ will be kept under constant review , not least because of the disintegration of the Warsaw pact , followed by the emergence of new power structures within the Soviet Union ? |
| 18 | True scientific investigation always revealed the workings of divine law , and the medical profession needed to be kept under constant surveillance , because their narrow commitment to materialistic principles overlooked moral considerations . |
| 19 | His purpose in these pamphlets was to describe in detail his proposals for the layout of buildings in which , with a minimum of formal rules and supervisory staff , large numbers of people could be kept under constant surveillance ( Hume , 1973 p 706 ) . |
| 20 | A weather eye must also be kept on external changes , such as government policy , which can affect the surveyor 's business . |
| 21 | Workstation back-ups by portable tape drive will be possible from late 1992 , and this should eliminate the need for large numbers of floppies to be kept for hard-disk back-ups . |
| 22 | AGR fuel is clad in stainless steel , which corrodes and so can not be kept for long periods under water . |
| 23 | Samples of the soil , and in some cases all the excavated soil , may be kept for dry sieving or wet sieving in order to retrieve environmental evidence and very small finds . |
| 24 | The regulations , which are mainly concerned with the security of explosives , will make changes to the types and quantities of explosives that can be kept for private use without the need for a licence or registration . |
| 25 | Later it transpired that the INAO ( Institut National des Appellations d'Origine des vins et eaux -de-vie ) would accept this 10% as a stock régulateur , a reserve without appellation to be kept for possible classification should any future shortfall require it . |
| 26 | It was put on deposit immediately , to be kept for post-war work on the course . |
| 27 | If there is anything in the distinction I believe that the term Cabinet Committee ought to be kept for Ministerial committees and perhaps for committees of officials directly subordinate to a Ministerial committee ; but I am far from certain that the distinction is worth making . |
| 28 | As many fonts also have Semi or Demi , not to mention Extra and Heavy versions these still need to be kept as multiple families , so reducing the number of unique ID numbers . |
| 29 | She proved to be the Glisseuse , a rather shabby forty foot motor cruiser , difficult to see on Venturous ' radar , so that much of the time she had to be kept at visual distance , especially as she approached the busy traffic lanes of the Thames . |
| 30 | These two possibilities may allow deletion-prone gene transcript concentrations to be kept at equivalent levels in both strains . |