Example sentences of "[modal v] keep the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , if you are in a building-up period as far as weight training is concerned , you should keep the FDR work at a low rate . |
| 2 | ASCOT racegoers should keep the champagne temporarily on ice while warming up with a Scotch and American this afternoon , when Willie Carson and Steve Cauthen may dominate the last Flat meeting of the season at the Berkshire course . |
| 3 | Caroline cut the split ends off Meera 's hair but decided she should keep the length . |
| 4 | His rejection of the view that non-Jewish believers should keep the Mosaic law implied a break between church and synagogue ; his theology had vast social consequences . |
| 5 | The prizes should keep the winners happily occupied during the Easter break . |
| 6 | That should keep the two of them in reasonable comfort for a while — at least until Una has her baby . ’ |
| 7 | Meanwhile a leading advocate of stockpiling told New Scientist that if the government decides to go ahead , it should keep the news to itself . |
| 8 | This should keep the patterns flat and easy to find . |
| 9 | This should keep the whole system warm enough even if it is freezing outside . |
| 10 | ‘ Nuclear Electric should keep the money for the purpose it is intended , not divert it to building another uneconomic , unsafe and unwanted power station , ’ he added . |
| 11 | Screen pundit Jimmy Greaves fumed : ‘ I reckon they should keep the football results and drop News at Ten . ’ |
| 12 | On such occasions the airline needs to know at the earliest possible moment whether there is something inherently wrong with its equipment , procedures or training , and therefore the official investigators should keep the airline fully informed of the factual material it establishes as the investigation proceeds . |
| 13 | I saw this programme , about girls of fifteen who had had abortions , and they said the nurses made them feel they should n't be having abortions , they should keep the baby . |
| 14 | My mother had insisted when my father left that she should keep the house , and all its contents , and continue to receive a major part of his income . |
| 15 | 4.20 Where clients are thought to be or are known to be a risk or danger to themselves , other clients or other people and are admitted to a residential or day care facility , their progress must be explicitly monitored by the officer in charge who should keep the line manager informed . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't you mean Dana should keep the dress , Roman ? |
| 17 | The Cockerham trainer is well known for spreading his net far and wide in his search for success and tomorrow The Fernhill Flyer should keep the ball rolling in the Puma Claiming Stakes at Southwell . |
| 18 | Nonetheless , we should keep the two patterns distinct , first as a matter of proper investigative practice , because the distinction though subtle is real ; second , because in a great many cases it does make a quite easily discernible difference to the interpretation intended and required ; and , third , because it has some quite substantial grammatical consequences . |
| 19 | If you have an open fire you should keep the grate filled with a 3 to 4 inch layer of fuel and regulate the burning rate by carefully using the air control at the front of the grate . |
| 20 | Class finish which should keep the crap Gallon off the pitch . |
| 21 | The firm should keep the matter under regular review and be alert to the possibility of a breach in the wall ( accidental or otherwise ) or to other circumstances arising which would prevent them from continuing to act : in which events the client must be informed immediately . |
| 22 | Tory smallholdings spokesman Coun Michael Hedley said : ‘ We agree the county council should keep the future of the estate under consideration but now is not the time for change . ’ |
| 23 | Oh I should keep the strawberries if I were you . |
| 24 | We should keep the door closed . |
| 25 | You must keep the soldiers out of here . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We 're going to play a physical , passing game and we must keep the score low to stand a chance , so we need to slow the game down , not allow the opposition any space and keep possession . |
| 27 | Second , we must keep the life-style constant . |
| 28 | Is then an MP , who must keep the hours of a street-walker ; who is understood to be — if the public is to be believed — either impotent or corrupt ; who spends the best years of his life listening to Ministers , speeches , and to the complaints of his constituents ; is he to receive as his only reward after twenty years of service a signed photograph of Jim Prior ? |
| 29 | In an amiable parody of an interview he once heard being given by Sir Adrian Boult , Gould spelt out the attitude to recording of that older generation : roughly , ‘ I do n't mind doing the occasional recording , old boy — not everyone gets to concerts — and we 'll do our best , but I do n't want any ‘ patching ’ , we must keep the long line intact ’ . |
| 30 | Long ago , Keith ( now Lord ) Joseph convinced me that those who aspire to succour the poor , help the helpless , support the weakest , must keep the horse before the cart . |