Example sentences of "to be kept " in BNC.
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| 1 | This plant much prefers to be kept out of direct sunlight . |
| 2 | In the mild south , gardeners can get away with plunging them in their containers buried in peat in the garden , but up here they 'll need to be kept safe from hard frost in a cold frame . |
| 3 | Also , it will need to be kept straight on take-off ( see Swings and Roundabouts ) . |
| 4 | The Canine Crisis Council ( sponsored by Hugo Summerson MP , Baroness Phillips and Lord Ross of Newport ) has called for all dogs to be muzzled in public places and for large dogs to be kept muzzled even in the privacy of their owners ' garden . |
| 5 | The temperature needs to be kept below 400°C , which compares with a figure of 1200°C for thermal oxidation of the other main semiconductor , silicon . |
| 6 | If there is a particular site for which you want to be kept informed of any future development , you can ask the planning department to tell you if it receives an application affecting it . |
| 7 | During the period of entry , interest rates may have to be kept at the present emergency level , but it is an emergency level , a punishment for past sins of credit creation and lax management . |
| 8 | It may all come down to Clark if Oakland are to be kept at bay . |
| 9 | From the start , his two definitions of culture , that of a class and that of the whole people , ‘ have to be kept distinct but always in relation ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Senna 's rivals in will have to look much more convincing than they did in Phoenix if the Brazilian is to be kept from winning his third title , reports Maurice Hamilton |
| 12 | Serious as it is , the problem of hooliganism has to be kept in proportion . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Those vaccines have to transported to some of the most remote parts of the world and need to be kept constantly refrigerated , even in tropical heat . |
| 15 | Speed boats and fishing nets also need to be kept out of the area . |
| 16 | The result is an inflation rate double that of the other large OECD economies , and interest rates that have to be kept higher than they otherwise would be — because moneymen , on the whole , are not the most trusting ( read gullible ) of types . |
| 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 | Any hospital needs to be kept clean and the patients need good food . |
| 19 | I 'm young and beautiful , I ought to be kept if anybody . |
| 20 | As far as we know , the ancients intended their metalwork , both artistic and utilitarian , to be kept in a brightly polished metallic state , with the possible exception of special alloys such as Corinthian bronze . |
| 21 | her strong suit was the family chronicle and , if this was to be extended over three or more generations , enough leading personages had to be kept in the land of the living . |
| 22 | No wonder they place some of it in a jar to be kept as one of their holiest objects , a sign for future generations of the extent of God 's grace ( no doubt that manna will remain fresh for ever : yet more miracle ! ) . |
| 23 | these proposals we regard as doing no more than initiating a programme of family welfare which will have to be kept under continuous review and modified and expanded in the light of experience and deeper knowledge . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Her temper had worsened since the pups were born , so now she had to be kept tied up all the time in the alcove near the kitchen stove . |
| 26 | I would not like to be kept alive by a machine , like a vegetable , day in day out , she had once decided , I would prefer to accept my appointed day . |
| 27 | It became common for a register or matricula of names to be kept . |
| 28 | News of the surrender of Paulus and 90,000 soldiers of the 6th Army — which would have provided some relief for their distraught relatives — had to be kept quiet to maintain the legend of total and selfless sacrifice for the nation in the ‘ greatest epic in German history ’ . ’ |
| 29 | The SD station at Kitzingen in Lower Franconia , for example , which in its special report directly on the speech had declared that ‘ the rumours about the Führer are presumably disposed of ’ mentioned in its regular report a few days later that some workers had been heard saying that , from the speed and tone of voice , it had not been the Führer himself , but a substitute who had spoken , and Hitler himself had suffered such a shock from Stalingrad that he had to be kept under closely guarded house arrest on the Obersalzberg . |
| 30 | Somehow we expect them to be happy to be kept in a place which is warm and dry , where they can eat to their heart 's content with their companions ; but no , they become quite upset . |