Example sentences of "are kept [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Gothic hall is , moreover , no more than a salon rechristened ; there is a separate dining-room and the servants are kept firmly at a distance by the staircase . |
| 2 | If the door remains closed and visits to the fruit house are kept strictly to a minimum the temperature can be maintained throughout the winter months . |
| 3 | I understand that all the counterfoils and voting slips cast are kept securely for a period after an election until they are eventually destroyed . |
| 4 | Where a large number of female cats are kept together in a cattery , observers have noticed that the kittens born there are often shared out between the mothers . |
| 5 | However , if gains are kept offshore for a sufficiently long period of time , the return on investment may exceed the increased capital gains tax liability . |