Example sentences of "[noun pl] keep them " in BNC.
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| 1 | The high viscosity of these solutions keeps them in the eye longer , while the polymer itself is intended to mimic the ocular mucins ( glycoproteins ) , a deficiency of which is often the cause of dry eye symptoms , and promote tear film stability . |
| 2 | All duvets need covers to keep them clean and as a result designers have had virtual carte blanche in producing happy and aesthetic designs for the covers . |
| 3 | The ambitious Hall , famed cup specialists , are still involved in both the Rothmans and the Welsh Knockout Cups and need the talents of County choice Peers to keep them on track for the double . |
| 4 | The children in particular had a great time with computer games , entertainers and bouncy castles to keep them occupied . |
| 5 | It was being driven by a German wearing little black pads over his ears to keep them warm . |
| 6 | The ancients had surfed while other nations floundered in the water or built unwieldy vessels to keep them precariously afloat . |
| 7 | The crowd was shouting and gesticulating , parents lifting children on shoulders to keep them out of the crush , fists punching the air , workmen 's tools being waved like weapons . |
| 8 | In Stafford , soldiers were forbidden from bring their families into the town unless they had enough funds to keep them for a quarter of a year , due to the large number of camp followers registering for charity . |
| 9 | Prevent snow and ice damaging upright conifers by winding twine or netting around the branches to keep them upright and in place . |
| 10 | The excellent graphics and animation sequences keep them interested to the end , especially if you have a soundblaster card as well as it is now supported with this program . |
| 11 | if you record your check lists keep them on separate tapes and correctly labelled , so that you can easily find what you want . |
| 12 | England battled hard to get back into contention throughout the second half , but the Scots kept them at arm 's length and ran out worthy winners . |
| 13 | I sa , as I say , I met this morning with the three members from Potter Street erm we do have various alternative proposals for sa ways forward should the village back out and what I can say to you at this stage is that we have another meeting scheduled for next week , we will be meeting with the Resident 's Associations keeping them fully informed erm we will ensure that the letter goes back to Mrs who and the other Resident 's Associations who expressed concern there and that we will be taking , I hope , I hope because I 'm gon na have to say if Woolwich back out we 're going out we 're going have to move very fast and do some quite erm in-depth work . |
| 14 | If , however , mutations affect both juvenile and adult survival equally , selection against their early effects keeps them at low frequency , and prevents the collapse of late survival . |
| 15 | If the tank is well-established , however , they will normally find enough microorganisms to keep them going during this initial period . |
| 16 | The small bottle once again is is the attractiveness of the bottle and we 've found that to be very attractive and people are were very willing to pay a premium price for something like that cos as Thomas said people are buying those bottles to keep them erm initially . |
| 17 | All these people needed a boot up the backside at regular intervals to keep them up to scratch . |
| 18 | If there is a policy of having nuclear weapons , those weapons must be serviced at intervals to keep them running properly . |
| 19 | Once winter-flowering heathers finish flowering , clamp them lightly with shears to keep them compact . |
| 20 | Now the pace of life is a little slower for Leslie and Helena although having raised three children , two girls and a boy , they now have six grandchildren and five great grandchildren to keep them on their toes . |
| 21 | There are loads of baddies , and the world needs some goodies to keep them in hand . |
| 22 | The oversized designs of the Italian team Dolce & Gabbana are such a big hit in Britain that the mainstream menswear companies keep them under scrutiny . |
| 23 | One reason is that women , particularly in the Third World , are often not aware of the real dangers of contraception because health staff and pharmaceutical companies keep them in ignorance for fear of making them stay away from the clinic . |
| 24 | With Batts and Speed we were extremely lucky … we now seem to have a glut which we had back in the early Revie days … the trouble is these days keeping them , with freedom of contract etc . |
| 25 | Then begin the real gaieties of Harrogate , then the money flies , and what the landlords of those two establishments take in six weeks keeps them during the rest of the year . ’ |
| 26 | The trees are being re-coppiced this week for the first time in more than 50 years to keep them healthy . |
| 27 | Life in Parma at the beginning of the school year seemed normal apart from the Fascist propaganda in the papers , but one began to sense that the members of the Party were becoming even more arrogant and domineering than before , and that it was increasingly important for people with different ideas to keep them to themselves and never to discuss politics . |
| 28 | Thus two machinists ' jobs are lost , but CNC machine tools as they are presently used require support from white-collar workers who write the programs which drive them and from maintenance workers to keep them running . |
| 29 | So popular were these annotated flower-pieces , engraved by Henry Fletcher [ q.v. ] , that they were frequently copied at the time , and later reprints kept them in circulation . |
| 30 | Cat-naps kept them going . |