Example sentences of "had to be kept [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It had to be kept simple so it could be translated into different languages ( the show will tour Europe in the autumn ) , but it is dangerously close to the P-word , ’ giggles Gibson . |
| 2 | So , a wife carefully distinguished her property from her husband 's , for the marriage could end , requiring a division of goods ; or her husband could marry a second wife , or a third , and wives ' property had to be kept distinct . |
| 3 | The affair had to be kept secret , or the scandal within the hospital would irrevocably damage his career . |
| 4 | It was what was going on in my mind that had to be kept secret , on pain of interference , on pain of ridicule , on pain of punishment and , inevitably , on pain of self-understanding . |
| 5 | Pigs had to be kept near to the farmstead , probably in nearby closes , but they could be taken to wastes and pasture and , of course , woodland , where traditionally they ate acorns and beechmast . |
| 6 | The Israelite people had to be kept free of contamination from outside sources , especially the corrupting influence of Canaanite religion . |
| 7 | Even trees in the street had to be kept short to give the army and police clear lines of fire in the event of war , civil or global . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 9 | When , in 1651 , the Rump ordered guns from a former employee of his , Browne delivered an emotional remonstrance to the House of Commons : the state 's security , he claimed , depended upon a single gun-founder ; his enterprise employed a ‘ stock ’ of £30,000 , had overheads of at least £4,000 per annum , and had to be kept busy . |
| 10 | They had to be kept busy by war , because otherwise the whole building of the Roman organization would collapse . |
| 11 | Domestically , it was necessary to prevent ‘ sinister interests ’ from dominating the political process — the world that had been made safe for democracy had to be kept safe by democracy . |