Example sentences of "kept [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now a beautiful period residence , restored with great care and until recently kept as a private home . |
| 2 | Haines asked if I would ring up Max Aitken — whom he knew to be a very good friend — to ask him to dissuade his editor from publishing the story , which had until then been kept as a dark secret . |
| 3 | One of the two remaining ferry boats would be kept as a stand-by vessel and the other would be stripped of its engine and berthed at Canning Dock for possible shopping or leisure purposes . |
| 4 | It will definitely be kept as a single unit . ’ |
| 5 | Stenopus hispidus sometimes called the Boxing Shrimp , is far more aggressive towards its own kind and can only be kept as a single specimen or a matched pair . |
| 6 | A large Theraps species is a must for the community and they would recommend C. synspilus or C. nicaraguense as they are both relatively peaceful when kept as a single specimen . |
| 7 | Meg Dods ( The Cook 's and Housewife 's Manual , I 826 ) instructs that if this is to be kept as a cold relish the white meat and the coral and spawn should be packed " in a regular manner , in layers , or alternate pieces , so that when sliced it may have that marbled appearance , that look of mosaic work which so commends the taste of the cook " . |
| 8 | He had called to her in his dying moments , and she had thrown him a fragment of her white nightgown , which he had clasped with hope , and kissed , and kept as a precious icon . |
| 9 | One of the classic cases in Britain is Lady Park Wood , an ancient and very mixed coppice in the Wye valley , which has been kept as an unmanaged reserve for nearly half a century . |
| 10 | In a hospital or a bank , where records have to be kept for a long time , the files would not be deleted routinely , but stored in archives until the expiry of the prescribed storage period . |
| 11 | Only a small minority of the wines are kept for a long time as vintage wines . |
| 12 | The cost need not be very high and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that the finished result will be kept for a long time , if not forever , by the recipient . |
| 13 | Passenger manifests are kept for a long time . |
| 14 | These can be kept for a long time and are likely to breed . |
| 15 | If an experiment produces animals that are to be kept for a long period , or that are to form the basis of a breeding colony . |
| 16 | These records are kept for a two-year period only , within which time some 40,000 issues are made . |
| 17 | The spread nuclei can be simply stained in acetic orcein ( Gurr ) under a coverslip and if the staining is slow , or the slides are to be kept for a short time , the coverslips can be ringed with rubber solution ( Weldtite ) to prevent the stain drying out . |
| 18 | He is kept under a wholesome course of discipline by Lavinia and her august mamma . |
| 19 | The question of equipment failures becomes most important when goldfish are kept under an intensive system . |
| 20 | Naturally , such matters were kept from a little girl ; there was only the squalling of the new baby upstairs , the coming and going of a starched nurse , the funeral — the black ostrich feathers on the horses ’ heads intrigued Dinah , who felt no grief at all for the occasionally met-with , plaintive lady who had , as they put it , passed away — and the sound of one 's own voice , strong and resonant in the empty room . |
| 21 | It should complement the Bishop 's Park which by then , it is hoped , will be kept in a better state than it is at the moment . |
| 22 | Excess vegetable matter can be usefully kept in a separate waste-bin to form a compost which will keep garden and flowers in a good healthy condition — help and information on making your own compost from Friends of the Earth , Bradbury Buildings , Bradbury Place , Belfast 7 or telephone ( 0232 ) 311555 . |
| 23 | These 16 authorities were therefore kept in a separate category ( Cat IV ) , ( see Table 2 ) . |
| 24 | 30–3–1885 " Four minutes in reference to the case of Dugald Campbell and Mr Alex McConnely and relative papers are ordered to be kept in a separate record . " |
| 25 | Defence witnesses were kept in a separate room from the court . |
| 26 | Expensive and valuable stock should be kept in a high-security area , such as a special locked ‘ cage ’ . |
| 27 | If you return from holiday with a large quantity of olives , they will survive longer if they are kept in a dark place , so that the light can not cause any fermentation in the brine . |
| 28 | Eggs can be removed for hatching ; they should be kept in a humid place to avoid drying out , but kept clear of the water . |
| 29 | A battery 's charge-holding capacity can also be seriously reduced if it is kept in a discharged state for more than a few hours . |
| 30 | Perhaps the strangest talisman — and one ( or should one say many … ? ) which made those initiates feel themselves intimately a part of the Fists — was kept in a long crypt below the Reclusiam , reached by a dropshaft which would incinerate anyone who did not sport a Black Carapace beneath their skin . |