Example sentences of "[noun] to keep [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partnership to keep town green |
| 2 | It gave him pleasure to keep things , as he said , " shipshape and Bristol fashion " . |
| 3 | She made it her business to get on well with the steward , and her pleasure to keep Bartolomeo Zorzi dancing to an almost inaudible tune . |
| 4 | Because this guitar is so strummable , but a pig to keep level , I 'm tempted to suggest that maybe Paul Chandler should make another instrument with the same hardware , neck dimensions and action , but with a body that better counteracts the imbalance . |
| 5 | They are actually covers to keep light off hyacinth bulbs ! |
| 6 | A lot of people scarf the neck to keep costs down , but I wanted the quality . |
| 7 | They know about the unauthorized release of personal data , they have procedures to try and protect data , but there is a commercial imperative to keep customers happy when they have a problem with their credit card . |
| 8 | COUNCIL officers are taking action to keep noise down at a ‘ rave ’ concert tomorrow . |
| 9 | Jacqueline , a mother of five children , aged 0 — 20 , believes in taking firm action to keep teenagers on the right path . |
| 10 | Ms Sciolla says the society 's situation reflects the need for a ‘ cultural policy ’ for the city at State level to allow for rapid flexible action to keep places such as the society from disappearing . |
| 11 | It is our intention to keep goods turning over at a livelier pace and it would therefore be appreciated if you would return any goods which you are unable to sell . |
| 12 | Pig producers receive no EC subsidies , and depressed pork and bacon prices have meant some farmers have fallen into drug misuse to keep animals alive long enough to reach slaughter weight . |
| 13 | In America and Britain however , there were fears that such a policy would cripple Germany ; America and Britain would then be forced to provide aid to keep Germans alive , and the health of the European economy in general would suffer . |
| 14 | They proved much easier to collect than direct taxes and made it possible for government revenue to keep pace with the swift rise in production . |
| 15 | Mackie came through from her side to keep company with Dee-Dee , saying Perkin had gone to Newbury to collect some supplies , and presently the two women went out to lunch together , leaving me alone in the great sprawling house . |
| 16 | However , other firms operating similar machines have found that after the first three years it becomes increasingly more costly in terms of repairs and maintenance to keep machinery of this type productive . |
| 17 | One outcome of the review now under way is likely to be an increase in trackside maintenance to keep embankments free of overhanging trees and thick undergrowth . |
| 18 | The former Labour Foreign Secretary is urging voters in 90 key marginals to cast their vote to keep Mr Kinnock out . |
| 19 | Others use stitching and padding in a variety of ways to create ventilation channels to keep air flowing over at least some of the back in order to limit the amount of sweat produced . |
| 20 | Many counties had drawn on their reserves to keep rate increases down in their own election year of 1989 . |
| 21 | Still , there was safety in numbers , even sparse ones , so she skipped smartly across the street , shortening her stride to keep pace with the woman 's slower one . |
| 22 | No unmentionable topic is spared and fun is liberally poked at everyday events in Kamrok 's continuous search to keep customers rocking in the aisles . |
| 23 | Harrods , which last year refused entry to Jason Donovan , the singer , because he was wearing torn denims , said the guidelines were part of a programme to keep staff up to date with the latest styles . |
| 24 | The humbucker carries a clean sound well , although there 's a hint of midrange that made me go for the coil-tap to keep things sounding sweet . |
| 25 | ‘ It sounds terrible , but we have to go cap in hand begging for funds to keep solvent . |
| 26 | As regards the Japanese islands , MacArthur felt it would not be practicable for the United States to keep bases after the signing of a peace treaty . |
| 27 | All day long you will work and you will slave , Allowing wheelchairs to go where you pave , Just look at the kids to keep tiredness at bay , Because for them you are making it a better day . |
| 28 | War on the ground is really a man with a large field with curved corrugated metal huts to keep pigs in to grub all the vegetation off to feed them up to get themselves eaten by other men to help those men to have the energy to work to make the curved corrugated metal huts and grow other food in other fields that gets eaten by another lot of men who leave some of it to feed back to the pigs . |
| 29 | Lower labour mobility than elsewhere combines with this effect to keep salaries down and , crucially , to encourage a relatively high investment in training . |
| 30 | Despite cutting back the undergrowth to keep routes open , footpads and other outlaws haunted most lonely stretches of road . |