Example sentences of "kept [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His aunt had always kept the door locked , fearing that children might venture into the mill and hurt themselves by tumbling down the ladders . |
| 2 | Both the Congress Party and India 's constitution have kept the rivalry in check by standing firmly for a secular India in which the state is impartial between religions . |
| 3 | If you have kept the elastic stretched enough you should be able to now lift your restraining thumb and use two hands to wrap the elastic round and round , working up to the eye and past it , holding in the lapels firmly under the stretched elastic . |
| 4 | Valerie Archibald has kept the West Coast moving the Medau way since taking up residence in the mid '80s . |
| 5 | Forces that had kept the size of Fleet Street under continuous pressure for more than 25 years were broken . |
| 6 | He pulled up , climbed out , and removed the plastic cone that had kept the space free . |
| 7 | Had we kept the scheme going , we could soon have accumulated a sizeable fighting force , ready to do battle on land , sea or air and happy to seize the controls of any passing battle-sub . |
| 8 | On this slide I 've kept the text pretty small , because stays on this line , but er , you 've got more text than I 've got there , to explain the purpose of this spreadsheet . |
| 9 | But clearly the old tale from Herodotus would not have survived 2,500 years without any supporting evidence whatsoever , so how can the rare cases that have kept the story going be explained ? |
| 10 | Alasdair Thomson , a keeper on Dunecht Estate , Aberdeenshire , is said to have kept the substances in an unlocked outhouse on the estate . |
| 11 | The elections had been called 15 months early after a group of five Green legislators — who had kept the minority government of Michael Field in office since June 1989 [ see p. 37877 ] — withdrew its support after disagreements over the issue of logging [ for May 1989 elections see p. 36658 ] . |
| 12 | Lavishly illustrated , it takes in the full history of Sally B , the Great Warbirds Air Display and the personalities that have kept the UK 's largest privately-operated warbird going . |
| 13 | With that instinct for survival that had kept the Member for Arden in Parliament for so long , Grunte had sold him the car at a nil rate of interest . |
| 14 | If the incipient spin has progressed for more than about half a turn because the pilot has kept the stick back , applying the full opposite rudder must be a good thing because it helps to stop the rotation and to even up the stalling of the wings . |
| 15 | At one point , I seem to remember , he 'd kept the papers in the fridge — which is why the top sheet had a large blob of sweetcorn in the top right-hand corner . |
| 16 | When Dad had eaten his tea I heard him ask Mum if she 'd kept the payments up on the insurance policy . |
| 17 | They often get lost because they have not kept the airfield in sight and within easy gliding range . |
| 18 | I had no intention of leaving Armstrong and had kept the engine ticking over as there was no way I could start him up in a hurry . |
| 19 | He was a prophet without honour and yet he had kept the purity of his belief unsullied . |
| 20 | The declining importance of religion in social life in general , and in particular the declining influence of Christianity on the great moral questions of the day was ( and is ) the spur to action that has kept the NVALA going for over twenty years . |
| 21 | ‘ My Father made the world his confidant with respect to his Learning & ingenuity , ’ Coleridge wrote , ‘ & the world seems to have kept the secret very faithfully . ’ |
| 22 | They went back two days later , having kept the secret to themselves . |
| 23 | I said about to see him and I says no , he says I should of kept the houses and just done the lot . |
| 24 | It is not an exaggeration to say that these kept the campaign afloat when it appeared to be sinking for lack of funds . |
| 25 | I could have kept the lip zippered . |
| 26 | ‘ I wanted to find out why Maman had kept the past such a big secret , but all I seem to have done is spook everyone — even you , ’ she said wryly . |
| 27 | The Rev. Geraint ab Iorwerth said ‘ We have kept the character of the church and the village , but we have also made a garden where people can come to enjoy nature and enjoy our heritage . ’ |
| 28 | she has kept the character and principle |
| 29 | However , even if the L.G.U. was left wondering if it should n't have kept the public better informed , it must have been greatly heartened by the number of spectators who not only came to this out-of-the-way championship but made it abundantly clear that they were greatly taken with the high standard of play . |
| 30 | ‘ The Americans have kept the title in their country for too long . |