Example sentences of "[verb] to be kept [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boat traffic needs to be kept at modest levels in order to protect one of Britain 's most outstanding botanical treasures . |
| 2 | No one wants to project an image of schools as humourless places , a balance needs to be kept between frivolous and serious stories . |
| 3 | Scientists have been trying for years to realize the potential of hydrogen , but they have been thwarted by the problem of storing the gas , which is highly explosive and needs to be kept in high-pressure containers . |
| 4 | The Germans intensified and brutalized their methods of interrogation until it was quite usual for a prisoner who refused to talk to be kept in solitary confinement under intentionally unpleasant conditions for weeks . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | True scientific investigation always revealed the workings of divine law , and the medical profession needed to be kept under constant surveillance , because their narrow commitment to materialistic principles overlooked moral considerations . |
| 7 | Although some of his referees had said he was ‘ extremely zealous ’ and needed to be kept within specific guidelines , at the time , that had struck Shaughnessy as a commendation rather than a reservation . |
| 8 | The bridges are meant to be kept in good repair . |
| 9 | She proved to be the Glisseuse , a rather shabby forty foot motor cruiser , difficult to see on Venturous ' radar , so that much of the time she had to be kept at visual distance , especially as she approached the busy traffic lanes of the Thames . |
| 10 | They did not come near Lucie , Izzie or Gabriel , and had to be kept from starving with little presents of food left furtively on their threshold . |
| 11 | Although weak , the baby was basically healthy , but she had to be kept in intensive care for the first few weeks . |
| 12 | As many fonts also have Semi or Demi , not to mention Extra and Heavy versions these still need to be kept as multiple families , so reducing the number of unique ID numbers . |
| 13 | Boots and shoes need to be kept in good repair , otherwise they are a potential hazard to the wearer . |