Example sentences of "[noun] to keep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partnership to keep town green |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They are actually covers to keep light off hyacinth bulbs ! |
| 4 | COUNCIL officers are taking action to keep noise down at a ‘ rave ’ concert tomorrow . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Many counties had drawn on their reserves to keep rate increases down in their own election year of 1989 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ It sounds terrible , but we have to go cap in hand begging for funds to keep solvent . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As the wife of the civic leader , Mrs Murphy had to do considerable entertaining in generous western style , but in this field she made no attempt to keep pace with Olga Stych or Donna Frizzell ; she knew when she was beaten . |
| 14 | Anonymity is not used to neutralize the moral responsibility respondents would otherwise have for their actions and opinions , but is our attempt to keep faith with the trust we earned . |
| 15 | Security at the site was heavy in an attempt to keep trouble at bay . |
| 16 | Leeds , bereft of professional soccer despite the Lord Mayor 's gallant attempt to keep City a going concern outside the League , became the focus of attention of managers everywhere . |
| 17 | In an attempt to keep labour costs to a minimum none of the organizations wanted to employ any more labour than was absolutely necessary . |
| 18 | After the Second World War , Keynesian demand-management policies were used by the governments of most western countries in the attempt to keep unemployment levels down . |
| 19 | Disco bosses lodging appeal in bid to keep licence |
| 20 | ANFIELD 'S clown prince Bruce Grobbelaar makes a triumphant return to the Kop today in a bid to keep under-siege boss Graeme Souness in a job and put a smile back on Liverpool faces . |
| 21 | Used originally by Tallymen who sat behind a high desk to keep account of cargo being unloaded , and later adapted by film directors , you 'll find this seat ideal if you have a breakfast bar . |
| 22 | ‘ This is definitely not the breed for everyone as you often have a battle of wills to keep control . |
| 23 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , has gone to Brussels for a lone-fight against other European Countries to keep passport checks in a border-free Europe . |
| 24 | It is hard for parents to keep faith through lean years , and harder still for the boys , particularly if doubts and pressures filter through to them . |
| 25 | The frenzied living for ourselves which we once used to value so highly now disappears before the far more vital longing to keep company with God in faith , hope and love . |
| 26 | In late 1992 , much political debate centred around the government 's determination to keep expenditure plans for 1993/ 94 within the specified ‘ planning total ’ of 244.5bn . |
| 27 | The Edict of Pîtres in 864 strongly suggests the combination of political and fiscal reasons behind Charles 's determination to keep control of markets : others , presumably local magnates , had been setting them up on their own initiative , but the king now decreed that such markets were to be banned unless they secured royal authorisation , and royal agents were told to keep lists of those so authorised . |
| 28 | NIGEL LAWSON yesterday made clear his determination to keep interest rates as high as necessary to defeat inflation and provide a sound basis for continued economic prosperity . |
| 29 | The London market opened weaker today as the Chancellor John Major underlined his determination to keep interest rates high despite calls from the C B I to reduce them . |
| 30 | With water privatization looming large , and with prosecutions against farmers for pollution continuing at an arguably pitiful level , concern naturally focusses on the future accountability of water companies to keep water courses clean . |