Example sentences of "be [adj] to keep up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A young wildebeest is able to run almost as soon as it is born , for it must be able to keep up with the other wildebeest when they flee a predator . |
| 2 | Dad , as a master-tailor during the '14 –'18; war , had a War Department contract for army uniforms , and so we were able to keep up with the Jones 's ( or should I say , the Cohens ? ) . |
| 3 | Early PC-based software was both expensive and fairly awful ; Studio Software , who produced the first desktop publishing program for the PC recently went to the wall as a direct result of being unable to keep up with the new leaders . |
| 4 | We do not have a complete inventory , partly because it is hard to keep up with the many new arrivals , partly because we are always short-staffed . |
| 5 | Outliners have developed nicely over recent years and this program is sure to keep up with the trends as they develop . |
| 6 | Outliners have developed nicely over recent years and this program is sure to keep up with the trends as they change . |
| 7 | The courthouse windows were open but the radiators below them were hot ; it took several hours for any changes in setting to make themselves felt through the massive heating system , and it was impossible to keep up with the irrational temperament of the month . |
| 8 | Nicholson became a member of an elite group of chemists — the B-Club — in whose company he was able to keep up with the activities of Hofmann and his associates . |
| 9 | The course machinery was also increasingly sophisticated , and was supposedly superior , and the Club was obliged to keep up with the latest ideas , as both members and staff expected it . |