Example sentences of "[not/n't] kept " in BNC.
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| 1 | They often get lost because they have not kept the airfield in sight and within easy gliding range . |
| 2 | Chelsea might have won had the ball not kept turning into a Mexican bean at Kerry Dixon 's feet . |
| 3 | Councillors were not kept informed of the deals either . |
| 4 | But the reformists have not kept completely silent . |
| 5 | If God had not kept everything in his own hands , life might be a bit clearer . |
| 6 | This is mainly because salaries have not kept pace with the rise in house prices which , until this year 's slump , had more than tripled from an average £19,925 in 1979 to £61,965 by August this year , according to the Building Societies Association 's latest figures . |
| 7 | The blubber which keeps them warm in the water acts as an overly-effective insulator on land , and they can literally cook in their own fat if they are not kept cool . |
| 8 | Some of my best writing has been lost in this way , for I have reason to suppose that the letters were not kept , not even in an old shoe-box . |
| 9 | ‘ Our plans changed , Wilson , and my wife had not kept pace with them . |
| 10 | Moreover , Zuwaya and Magharba thought that their larger groupings were temporary : activated to demand compensation , they then relapsed into the noumenon , leaving households to go about their business ; revenues from taxes were not kept in a fisc , but allocated to household budgets — and so on . |
| 11 | The older colleges , which traced their history back to the eighteenth century 's ‘ dissenting academies ’ had not kept the high standing they had then enjoyed . |
| 12 | If a house is not built soundly in the first place , and if it is not kept in good repair , it will fail when put to the test . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've not kept in touch with mine at all . |
| 14 | So you 're not kept waiting for a decision . |
| 15 | However , especially at primary level , salaries remain low , and pay rises have not kept up with inflation . |
| 16 | Where the proceedings are in respect of a statutory nuisance within s.92(1) ( c ) , it is a defence under s.94(4) to prove , on a balance of probabilities , ( the burden being on the defendant ) that the accumulation or deposit was necessary for the effectual carrying on of a business or manufacture , was not kept longer than necessary , and that best practicable means were used to prevent them from being prejudicial to health or a nuisance . |
| 17 | Yet there is evidence that evaluation has not kept pace with the development of courses in bibliographic instruction . |
| 18 | you are not kept informed of events which happen as a result of the interview . |
| 19 | Using the Churchill amendment as a model , the words ‘ exposed to view ’ could be deleted and replaced so as to limit such exclusion to ‘ any part of that matter which is neither visible nor accessible to persons under the age of 18 , or which , if so accessible , is not kept in a wrapping which , while intact , prevents that matter from being seen ’ . |
| 20 | Broilers are not kept in cages but are reared on deep-litter floors in large houses . |
| 21 | Front door keys are best not kept in a handbag anyway , because if your handbag should be stolen you will not be able to enter your house . |
| 22 | Unemployment can also lead to homelessness as in some circumstances building societies may foreclose on a mortgage if the repayments are not kept up . |
| 23 | The main problem with an implicit deflator is that the quantities which are involved in the calculation are not kept fixed from one month to the next . |
| 24 | But if exercise is not kept up , the body reverts to its original inactive state . |
| 25 | If this line is not kept open , rebellion against God is much easier . |
| 26 | All i can say , with respect , is that the writer has not kept one . |
| 27 | An alternative choice is Monodactylus sebae but they can be aggressive if not kept in large shoals of six or more fish . |
| 28 | A dramatic example of the problems with which one may be faced if the totality of the individual , with his interlinking planes of being , is not kept in mind concerned a delegate at a hypnosis conference . |
| 29 | Pledges to check expenditure were not kept ; indeed , it continued to rise , as did the district rate , a fact that was conveniently blamed on the unfortunate legacy of labour 's investment programme , but was due rather to the desire of the Alliance to extend municipal enterprise and trading , particularly in tram-ways and electricity . |
| 30 | Instead , courts would in practice normally set a new payments schedule , allowing repossession ( or perhaps some form of money sanction instead ) if the new schedule was not kept up . |