Example sentences of "often kept " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kundera asks us to join together two things that are often kept apart : lyrical effusions and public poetry . |
| 2 | Remove the skin from chicken and poultry before eating it , if it has not been removed before cooking ( it is often kept on during cooking to impart flavour ) . |
| 3 | It is unkind — perhaps I should not mince words — it is cruel to keep albino fish under bright lights ; with a fish like the Oscar , often kept in a tank with no shade to escape into , this detail is particularly important . |
| 4 | It may seem odd to fret about this while economies are still sluggish , but in past recoveries governments have often kept their foot on the accelerator too long . |
| 5 | Tussac grass grows in individual clumps , new growth springing up on old , resulting in a maze of tightly spaced ‘ stools ’ with narrow passageways between , which arc often kept open by penguins and other birds — and the occasional large mammal ! |
| 6 | Titles were often kept going on the profits of provincial partners or other businesses . |
| 7 | Part of the answer is simply that until very recently , most chimpanzee research was done on captive animals , who lead a very boring life , are often kept apart from other members of their family , and have a constant abundance of food . |
| 8 | It concerns the relation between language and its users , and combines two categories which are often kept separate in functional models : the affective or emotive function ( communicating the speaker 's attitudes ) , and the directive function ( influencing the behaviour and attitudes of the hearer ) . |
| 9 | In the civilised West , pigs are often kept in the kind of compact packaging that they 'll still be in when they 're sausages and bacon . |
| 10 | Women usually had to call for their work and were often kept waiting in all weathers . |
| 11 | The muddle and rush were greater even than at Reading , and we were often kept there for some twenty minutes . |
| 12 | Spontaneous humour from innocent remarks often kept things in perspective . |
| 13 | Registers were often kept in a disorderly fashion with no attempt to separate baptisms from burials or marriages . |
| 14 | Ale was not often kept in barrels cos it did n't keep long enough to want to have enough of it . |
| 15 | A much quoted example is in Latin American cultures , where sales representatives are often kept waiting a long time for a business appointment ; in our culture this would be unorthodox , and at best it would be seen as being very bad mannered . |