Example sentences of "keep [art] [noun sg] [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 Sir Edward 's military appointment is confirmed by an extant financial memorandum , which also reveals that , alongside Edward 's force of 2,000 men , his nephew Dorset was paid for keeping the sea with 1,000 men .
2 Sir Edward 's military appointment is confirmed by an extant financial memorandum , which also reveals that , alongside Edward 's force of 2,000 men , his nephew Dorset was paid for keeping the sea with 1,000 men .
3 Black , from Invergordon , near Inverness , won the Scottish qualifying competition by keeping the ball up 5,211 times during an astonishing 56-minute demonstration of his prowess .
4 They use slightly wide shots ; they make much more use of the medium-range shots showing the Members ( or the absence of Members ) around the person speaking ; there are more individual reaction shots ; and they vary the camera angles in ways that minimise the monotony that results from keeping the camera on one member for an extended period .
5 PEUGEOT ‘ PASSPORT ’ offers a choice of keeping the car for two or three years , with purchasers selecting annual mileage bands of up to 6 , 12 , or 24 , miles per annum .
6 At the beginning of the nineteenth century we find Lord Eldon sometimes keeping a case for ten years to think over , and not delivering judgement till perhaps most of the parties were dead and most of the property had gone in costs .
7 They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering , banned from keeping a dog for 5 years and ordered to pay £500 costs .
8 He ex husband George Hailes pleaded not guilty to cruelty , but magistrates banned him from keeping a dog for 6 months and ordered him to contribute towards prosecution costs .
9 He was fined £200 and banned from keeping an animal for five years .
10 December 's page from the RAF Museum 's find 1992 calendar — a Hurricane of 615 Squadron keeping an eye on two Stirlings of 15 Squadron , from the canvas of John Young .
11 Susan Stocks , 37 , of Wallasey , Merseyside , was told by her local Midland branch she could keep the cash after three months if no one claimed it .
12 The straitjacket of membership and the obligation to keep the currency within 6 p.c. of its central rate increases the danger of a sterling crisis in the next few weeks .
13 However , because of the serious recession of the early 1990s , especially in the South East , the government decided in its Budget of 1992 to keep the increase for 1992/3 down to the current inflation rate of only 4.1 % , instead of the 24.1 % which would have been the maximum ‘ phasing in ’ amount payable .
14 But , kicking against the strong wind , the Oak defended well to keep the deficit to 1–0 and they came back with a strong display in the second half .
15 I forwarded to him an estimate of the probable expence which I calculated at under £4000 with which sum I engaged to organize a party to keep the field for two years .
16 He was told : ‘ We try to keep the panelling for three years , to get it thoroughly seasoned while other wood is dried artificially if required before it has time to get seasoned … we use chiefly mahogany , oak and walnut , a vast amount of teak — one of the most useful woods in railway construction — sycamore ; yellow deal for partitions , roofs and floors ; elm we find of very little use , but we are now very partial to Padouk wood [ from South Australia ] , though the workmen do n't like it much on account of its toughness ’ .
17 It is too much to hope that EMI will raid its archives for Solomon 's Chopin , Debussy or Haydn but to keep the work of one of the greatest exponents of the Beethoven sonatas under wraps for so long ( the sonata recordings were last issued in 1972 ) is simply incredible ; especially considering the efforts EMI have gone to in issuing the Beethoven recordings of others .
18 In the U K we seem to keep the equipment for twenty years and then complain if it goes wrong before we have to throw it away .
19 Brothers Ernest and Michael Robinson of Thompson Grove , Hartlepool , were bound over in the sum of £100 to keep the peace for six months after a fight with another man in York Road .
20 But magistrate Maurice McHugh bound over five of the soldiers to keep the peace for 18 months because he felt they were not entirely innocent .
21 A third defendant , Keith Bunting , 23 , of Ashley Road , Dovercourt , denies using threatening or insulting behaviour and resisting arrest while a fourth , Damon Wait , 17 , of Victoria Road , Dovercourt , agreed to be bound over in the sum of £50 to keep the peace for 12 months .
22 So they would n't fail to keep the law in one bit .
23 The Shadow Chancellor , John Smith , denied the Conservative claims , pledging to keep the rate at twenty-five pence .
24 We are aware of this calorie usage as production of heat by the body — in order to keep the body at 37 degrees C , our normal temperature , a certain amount of energy is required , and this requires some 80 per cent of our calorie intake .
25 Ground limestone , calcified seaweed , or wood ash may be added to keep the pH near 7 for the optimum action for micro-organisms .
26 Lime ( to keep the pH near 6 and replace the calcium sold off in milk ) and basic slag ( to replace the phosphorus and other elements exported in animal bones ) can be applied by contractor relatively cheaply to all but the steepest fields .
27 It hath been the wisdom of the church of England , ever since the first compiling of her Publick Liturgy , to keep the mean between two extremes , of too much stiffness in refusing , and of too much easiness in admitting any variation from it …
28 The rider had managed to keep a hold on one rein and the horse was masking him — hopping and kicking out in an effort to break free .
29 It 's asking do I want to keep a hold on one of these two , and if so , which ?
30 The headteacher of a day school for maladjusted pupils asked the staff of his school to keep a diary on one day , 27 November 1985 , to try to record an impression of the activities , concerns and pressures which make up daily routine .
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