Example sentences of "are kept [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a small minority of the wines are kept for a long time as vintage wines . |
| 2 | Passenger manifests are kept for a long time . |
| 3 | These records are kept for a two-year period only , within which time some 40,000 issues are made . |
| 4 | Rents are kept to a reasonable level to enable as many people as possible to benefit , and the maintenance is in the hands of a committee who hold regular fund-raising events . |
| 5 | However , environmentalists are calling for proof from manufacturers that no other propellant can be used to replace CFCs in these instances , so that emissions are kept to a bare minimum . |
| 6 | All our cottages are kept to a high standard to ensure an enjoyable stay . |
| 7 | The use of a spectacle-case for protection and the habit of keeping the lenses clean helps to ensure that these aids to sight are kept in a usable , effective condition . |
| 8 | If you return from holiday with a large quantity of olives , they will survive longer if they are kept in a dark place , so that the light can not cause any fermentation in the brine . |
| 9 | It also has the most sophisticated un-erase facility around ; deleted files are kept in a special directory , so you 're sure to get them back . |
| 10 | With five biting the dust already the family have had to undergo training to ensure the new ones are kept in a safe place . |
| 11 | If , for example , only a couple of fish are kept in a large tank , that are not established pairs , one will want to rule the whole tank and will pick on the other fish continually . |