Example sentences of "keep [adv] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We are not going to stop our style of play , we are a free-running side who want to score tries and even if we come unstuck against good sides with well-organised defences we will still keep on with the kind of game which we know pleases the fans . ’ |
2 | Why not keep in with the people who really run racing , the villains ? |
3 | It could now be argued that , throughout the history of the earth , Nature had rewarded those who were able and energetic , and punished those who could not keep up with the race towards higher things . |
4 | Global-scale investments in new skills and production approaches that can readily be transferred across borders have replaced much of the trade ; few can keep up with the pace of change . |
5 | We hope the 4 cylinder speedsters can keep up with the pace . |
6 | Motoring : Can R-R keep up with the times ? |
7 | Then suddenly , when Manson was in the headlines , as popular shows do , they said , we 've got ta keep up with the times and Hawaii Five-O went super psychedelic . |
8 | It was then that Teddy realised he could keep up with the love-of-his-life and help Anita and Bob . |
9 | But it seems that not everyone can keep up with the way our language is changing . |
10 | However the High Court can no longer keep up with the increase in applications for judicial reviews — there is an average delay of 18 months in getting a case heard . |
11 | With the verb help , the contrast between the two infinitives is harder to observe , as can be seen from ( 11 ) and ( 12 ) , where to keep and to explain could be substituted without altering their import to any significant degree : ( 11 ) Several photographs and charts of the galaxy help the non-scientist keep up with the discussion … |
12 | When that happened , we could n't keep up with the mortgage payments so we lost the house . ’ |
13 | The house where they were living has been re-possessed because the owner could n't keep up with the mortgage payments . |
14 | Marthus said that food production can not keep up with the population increase |
15 | ‘ I ca n't keep up with the demand . ’ |
16 | ‘ They can certainly keep up with the traffic , and have a fair turn of performance . ’ |
17 | I do n't keep up with the names any more . ’ |
18 | Ten millennia of history will have been sacrificed to a crop of little taste and to gardeners who must keep up with the Joneses . |
19 | This is because poorer families who see the superior goods being consumed by their richer neighbours will attempt to ‘ keep up with the Joneses ’ and so spend a large fraction of their incomes . |
20 | Their job is to try and keep up with the train on nearby roads and hopefully help catch the faster of the trespassers fleeing from their colleagues on the trackside . |
21 | The Ferguson 14M1 is a lightweight portable 14in Colour Television which can be moved easily from room to room — so the family can keep up with the soaps whilst you keep your eye on the ball . |
22 | I could not keep up with the demands of trying to keep everyone happy , and in desperation to make sure I keep my looks , I gave up eating , ’ she is alleged to have said . |