Example sentences of "[be] to keep [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new funds are to keep clinics open longer and keep better track of inoculations . |
| 2 | Now Leicester need a win in their last game , and they have to hope Boro slip up in their last two , at home to Grimsby on Tuesday and at Wolves next Saturday , if they are to keep hold of second place and avoid the nerve-wracking play-offs . |
| 3 | WHITEHALL chiefs are to keep tabs on phone calls made by civil servants in office time . |
| 4 | As the right hon. Gentleman knows , the essential basics to make sure that things are right are to keep inflation down , to keep interest rates down , to have the right tax structure and to continue with the improved industrial relations that we have had in recent years . |
| 5 | As with other professionals , they must learn and relearn throughout their professional lives if they are to keep pace with modern trends and changing needs . |
| 6 | Travel — Ferries : Ferry firms keep their heads above water With the Chunnel coming , ferry companies know they must smarten up their act if they are to keep custom . |
| 7 | The alternative would be to keep cats indoors even though this would curtail some of their freedom of movement and all their natural hunting behaviour . |
| 8 | Its main significance is likely to be to keep heads and their staff — and governing bodies — on permanent guard against the possibility of local challenge . |
| 9 | I 'm to keep house . ’ |
| 10 | Appalled by mounting losses , the Fabius government of the day called for a change of course : ministers were to keep hands off state industries were not to be cushions against unemployment , and profit would be the test of performance . |
| 11 | The government is to keep plans for gathering food after any attack on the country , and for distributing commodities at times of crisis . |
| 12 | This is to keep sight of the positives for so often professionals working with very vulnerable elderly people focus on the pathology and forget what the client may have going for her/him . |
| 13 | Mike Shepherd says his job is to keep Alan on course … to fine tune things and to keep a watch out for everyone |
| 14 | Having failed to stop the war , the king 's main aim is to keep Jordan out of it . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , sir , I fear there is nothing you can do except what is done already , which is to keep Mrs Browning calm and quiet and endeavour to feed her nourishing food to give her back some strength . ’ |
| 16 | Erm we have , er , access to the advice of professional advisers , namely and Co our policy is to keep base salaries at the mid-point of market competitive range erm , and provide bonus opportunities that can lift total take home pay into the upper quartile . |
| 17 | This might well involve getting to the bottom of disputes and taking disciplinary action if necessary , but never forget your real aim is to keep things running . |
| 18 | If Clinton is to keep faith with the electors , he will invest in jobs for the 10 million on the dole , provide for wide-ranging health care for all and implement drastic tax reforms . |
| 19 | you know , you just want to sit back and er as far as I would think is to keep calm and say well I , I am right , you know , erm but without being too forceful in that way because then that would put them off |
| 20 | Fiat is to keep prices static for the rest of the year . |
| 21 | Its president , Karl Otto Pöhl , has long believed that his first and only duty is to keep inflation low in Germany . |
| 22 | The Chancellor 's aim is to keep inflation within the range 1%-4% . |
| 23 | John Major , whose declared policy is to keep inflation between one and four per cent next year , said the figures were a boost for the economy . |
| 24 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that the greatest service he can continue to do for the British public is to keep inflation below 5 per cent ? |
| 25 | The problem here is to keep track of the point from which the subroutine is called , so that control can be returned to the correct place in the calling routine after the subroutine has been executed . |
| 26 | Their aim is to keep babies healthy in the womb , and to keep women out of hospital . |
| 27 | In addition the Board believes that the best way to serve shareholders is to keep administration as simple as possible so that the Group can concentrate on its core business and maximise profit growth . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The key to a successful business in older chemicals is to keep supply and demand in balance . |
| 29 | Their purpose is to keep people interested and informed . |
| 30 | ‘ Unlike most rock bands that will do practically anything to become controversial , ’ drawls the man himself before the show , ‘ our main focus is to keep controversy down . |