Example sentences of "[coord] to keep [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government get frequent representations about the need to reduce burdens or to keep them light . |
| 2 | Plant in late spring , and clip in mid-spring if required to be grown formally as edging , or to keep it within the space available . |
| 3 | My real aims were to get through to John and to keep him alive in people 's minds so that he could n't be forgotten . |
| 4 | Michael holds Howard by the upper arms , to take in his corporeal presence through his finger-tips , and to keep him at the right distance for gazing at in astonishment . |
| 5 | Their mission was to cut the railway lines Lyons — Châlon-sur-Saône — Dijon — Paris , and Le Creusot — Nevers , and to keep them out of action by continuing attacks . |
| 6 | It is important to write these plans down and to keep them under review . |
| 7 | The typical pattern was for the local parties to meet only once a year in 1915 and 1916 , to re-elect their officers for another year ; agents who had enlisted were kept on the books by retaining half their normal pay , to compensate them for loss of earnings in the national interest and to keep them available for a resumption of partisanship . |
| 8 | Again , there is no real need to comment — except that it is the media planner 's job both to discourage the creative group from trying to produce massive , spectacular ads when the budget is minimal , and to keep them aware of new ideas and ways of using the media . |
| 9 | They are the weaknesses which can be exploited to keep men at work producing the goods which this society needs , and to keep them in subjection . |
| 10 | Will he encourage members of the Church of England to show the same fervour in their own churches and to keep them open by watching them and looking after them ? |
| 11 | It is therefore a good ideas to make copies from fairly early on of all language and anthropological materials , and to keep them in other places , such as a technical studies department or headquarters office . |
| 12 | Associations were formed and meetings held to get people organised and to keep them informed . |
| 13 | But he was very kind , and brought me all the M & B tablets he could find , with instructions to get you back to bed , and to keep you from other children , and give you M & B every four hours until you were sick , and then try them again very slowly . |
| 14 | If you love sports and the sun is very hot , wear a white T-shirt , when windsurfing or water-skiing both to reflect the glare and to keep you cooler . |
| 15 | Convocation ( a requirement of the University 's constitution ) on the other hand only wants your friendship and to keep you in touch . |
| 16 | Record the salient terms of the sale ( eg the purchase price , whether the property is freehold or leasehold , desired date of completion , etc ; in the case of a buyer , that the purchase is subject to selling the buyer 's own house or seeking a mortgage and to keep you informed as to his or her success ) . |
| 17 | And in the bathroom , she had been allowed to use one of the tiny , individual soap shells especially provided for the guests , and to keep it afterwards . |
| 18 | A few years at work in a friendly tax climate might give you the chance to build up capital , and to keep it somewhere out of harm 's way . |
| 19 | ‘ We are determined to uphold the law at Wellington and to keep it a drug-free zone , ’ said Mr Bone . |
| 20 | For several hundred years , the ‘ Debatable Land ’ was largely uninhabited and to keep it that way , in 1551 , a proclamation was issued jointly by the two nations , to the effect that : ‘ All Englishmen and Scottishmen after this proclamation is made are , and shall be , free to rob , burn , spoil , slay , murder and destroy , all and every such person or persons , their bodies , buildings , goods and cattle as do remain or shall inhabit upon any part of the said debatable land . |
| 21 | For the sake of appearances ( and to keep it away from any detrimental vibration ) , I popped the B-1R into our studio rack , reconnected all the leads and … ignition ! |
| 22 | Encouragement and real results are the essential ingredients required to nurture adequate supplies of willpower and to keep it growing . |
| 23 | It is important to get your performers to hold the mike in a firm grip and to keep it and its connecting cable as still as possible while recording is in progress . |
| 24 | To counteract the spread of this blight , and to keep it contained , people often report on the importance of having another life outside school . |
| 25 | The Citation rolled slowly on to its left side as Duncan fought to keep it flying and to keep it away from the airliner . |
| 26 | Round , you know , to keep it up off off the ground , and to keep it aired . |
| 27 | He told Sir Bryan to get the Chief Constable on the line immediately and to keep it open in the meantime . |
| 28 | Rather than attempting to stifle mental conflict and to keep it from consciousness as would have been the trend in nineteenth and early twentieth-century culture , modern cultural trends instead encourage acting-out and expression of the conflict as being more ‘ healthy ’ than repression . |
| 29 | It had been found difficult to control money supply and to keep it within target ranges . |
| 30 | mm , just I just rub it down and to keep it moving another salt for a week or two in it , the icy roads , bound to put salt down are n't they ? |