Example sentences of "[was/were] to [be] keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lesson Haslam learned from his ICI experience was that wherever possible redundancy should be on a voluntary basis if the trauma were to be kept to a minimum . |
| 2 | In recent talks with trade unions , Sir Colin said that catering costs were not fully competitive with those of outside contractors , and that the gap would have to be closed if the business were to be kept in-house . |
| 3 | Copies were to be sent to all sheriffs , who were to publish them to the people ; others were to be kept in all cathedral churches and read twice a year . |
| 4 | The king instructed the sheriff to arrest them , and they were to be kept in prison until further orders . |
| 5 | To illustrate the dangers of this measure , suppose that the Government took the view that membership of the Communist Party presented a threat to national security and that leading members of the party — including those holding positions in trade unions — were to be kept under surveillance . |
| 6 | These adolescents began to be designated as apprentices to a certain kind of maturity , suitable for an industrial and democratic age ; and , with metaphorical binding written indentures , they were to be kept confined , while time-serving in the ante-room of respectable adulthood . |
| 7 | Ma was twisting a handkerchief in her hands , and her nose was as red as the apples Anna had been forbidden to pick in the garden because they were to be kept till Christmas . |
| 8 | Subject to any medical recommendations , inmates were to be kept at work according to their capacity and should not receive any remuneration for their labour . |
| 9 | Hence the images in the cartoon ; for , in Dickens 's account , the robot policemen were to be kept on shelves in the police office until required . |
| 10 | Sheriffs were ordered to seize and sell the goods , chattels and moveables of all clergy with benefices worth more than 3 marks ( £2 ) who had not bought pardon of their outlawry by Easter ; such confiscated goods were to be kept until further instructions from the king . |
| 11 | The texts of the charters were to be kept , and published twice a year , in cathedral churches throughout the land , and on those occasions all violators were to be pronounced excommunicate . |
| 12 | If taking were to be kept as the basis of the offence , it would be necessary to create a separate offence of dishonest retention or disposal in order to deal with these cases . |
| 13 | The method is to show the number of households which would be found if the headship rate were to be kept constant at the values in each age-group in 1971 , but allowing for actual changes in number of persons within these age groups . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , they were to be kept under guard . |
| 15 | Cattle required good quality pasture and plentiful hay if they were to be kept over the winter , which they generally were . |
| 16 | By early February 1991 he had conceded that taxes would have to be raised if Germany 's 1991 borrowing requirement were to be kept to DM140,000 million or 5 per cent of GNP ( of which the federal government share would be DM70,000 million ) . |
| 17 | Japan 's money policy had to tighten sharply , if the yen were not to collapse and if inflation was to be kept under control . |
| 18 | Accordingly , policies were re-written and strategies revised , firstly , to reflect the changes needed if Labour was to be kept at bay , and , secondly , to accommodate the non-Labour supporters of the old Liberal Party within the modern Conservative party . |
| 19 | To remedy these grievances it was enacted that the Charter of the Forest was to be kept in all its articles , that the perambulations made in the time of Edward I were to be observed , that those perambulations which still remained to be made should be made as quickly as possible , and that the forest boundaries in each county should be confirmed by royal charters , as laid down in the perambulations . |
| 20 | He referred to Inwood , whose name was to be kept alive at the new hospital , and which had been likened to a ‘ five star hotel ’ , and where patients had particular cause to be grateful to the town 's GP 's who were so conveniently on hand at the Health Centre . |
| 21 | If the calf was to be kept alive the course of action was clear and time was critical . |
| 22 | The British position was simpler ; Russia was to be kept away from the Straits and Austria-Hungary was to ensure this , if possible . |
| 23 | Until that date Louis was to retain the Norman Vexin while Margaret was to be kept in Henry 's custody . |
| 24 | This old dear , who was to be kept under heavy sedation , clearly did n't know that she was a long-term patient , being treated for depression . |
| 25 | The plan of campaign was to be kept simple and direct . |
| 26 | Iceland 's commissioner Gudmundur Eriksson stated that he would advise his government against continuing membership of the organization ; the Norwegian position was to be kept under review . |
| 27 | The existing age of transfer was to be kept at eleven to keep the time in grammar school to at least four years , since the ‘ new ’ school leaving age was to be fifteen . |
| 28 | Daddy having recently popped it , my wife was comfortably off in her own right , and she did a deal by which , in exchange for her making no financial demands on me , I would make no attempt to see my daughters ever again : the corrupting influence was to be kept away . |
| 29 | Sorrel was to be kept out of things . |
| 30 | By contrast , in 587 Rauching was in alliance with Chlothar 's followers and hostile to Childebert : Guntram was to be kept neutral . |