Example sentences of "[noun pl] to keep [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They are actually covers to keep light off hyacinth bulbs ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Many counties had drawn on their reserves to keep rate increases down in their own election year of 1989 . |
| 4 | ‘ It sounds terrible , but we have to go cap in hand begging for funds to keep solvent . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ This is definitely not the breed for everyone as you often have a battle of wills to keep control . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Institute has published a booklet explaining the practical implications of those 1985 Companies Act provisions that require companies to keep accounting records . |
| 11 | We want all shopkeepers to keep safety in mind . ’ |
| 12 | Captain Burrows may have been the head of the household but Mrs Burrows was definitely the heart.Joyce used to have terrible nightmares about what would happen to " all the little children " if God did not answer her prayers to keep mother " safe and well and strong " . |
| 13 | It therefore makes sense , as described earlier for banks to keep base rates within ¼ per cent of interbank rates , specifically 1 — 3 months . |
| 14 | For , it requires banks to keep money at call with the discount houses to a minimum of 2% per cent of their eligible liabilities . |
| 15 | The C152 flight manual allows a safety factor , and advises pilots to keep mixture rich when climbing below 3,000 feet but to lean above it . |
| 16 | The system involves the same military satellites used in the Gulf war by the Allies to keep track of vehicle movements . |
| 17 | Even in a country like India , where there is skilled manpower , it has not been easy to install enough new factories to keep pace with growing demand . |
| 18 | A small bag of zeolite was used for three days , every two weeks to keep ammonia in check . |
| 19 | Place a sheet of fine netting a few inches above cabbages and brassicas to keep cabbage white butterflies away . |
| 20 | The delay in issuing was caused by demands from the generators to keep part of their applications confidential , so as not to benefit commercial rivals . |
| 21 | He argues , too , that the resolve of the settler families to keep control can help explain why Central America is a political , economic and cultural mess . |
| 22 | But the lights to keep power |
| 23 | It can get a bit out of hand but it 's up to the officers to keep discipline |
| 24 | He shouted out the lyrics in a coarse powerful voice , and the musicians smiled and redoubled their efforts to keep pace with him . |
| 25 | HEWLETT-PACKARD OUTLINES ITS LATEST EFFORTS TO KEEP IT AHEAD IN THE PRINTER GAME |
| 26 | Clinton favours national health spending caps and managed care networks to keep health costs from rising faster than average incomes , and the play or pay concept ( whereby employers either provide employees with healthcare benefits or pay the government a tax that it uses to provide medical benefits ) to guarantee universal health care coverage . |
| 27 | We had dried fruit and salted meat , and big pots to keep water in . |
| 28 | The fixed prices and monthly payments by the Milk Marketing Board encourage farmers to keep dairy cows , usually in small herds of about 15–20 cows each . |
| 29 | For over a century the presence of large urban markets , which need much fresh milk , has encouraged the farmers to keep dairy cows . |
| 30 | AZERBAIJAN : The Christian Armenians are fighting Muslim Azerbaijanis to keep control of the Nagorno Karabakh hills . |