Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] alive " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , when Joseph explained to his brothers the purposes of God that had been running through the events they had been caught up in , he used terms recalling the promises of Genesis 12 : ‘ … you meant evil against me ; but God meant it for good , to bring it about that many people should be kept alive , as they are today ’ ( 50.20 ; see , too , 45.4–11 ) . |
| 2 | The tsar still shared Nesselrode 's view that the Turkish regime should be kept alive as long as possible , but he was determined not to be caught napping if the health of the " sick man of Europe " broke down irrevocably . |
| 3 | In Germany in 1906 a department was set up in the foreign ministry to administer the Reichsschulfonds , money destined for the support of German schools abroad : there , as in Italy , there was a strong feeling that the national language must be kept alive among the large emigrant communities now established overseas . |
| 4 | The memory must be kept alive . |
| 5 | She saw herself wheeled along white corridors , wired up to huge machines that clicked , whirred , and flashed lights : this was her greatest fear , that she might be kept alive artificially by machinery , a mumbling vegetable , after her natural time to die had arrived . |
| 6 | I 'll be kept alive until then . |
| 7 | He 'll be burned alive . ’ |
| 8 | Survivors of serious accidents or genetic handicap at birth could be kept alive , but often for a lifetime of expensive treatment and care . |
| 9 | Unless de Raimes ' castle was falling down by itself , he was under attack from someone , and if no one came for her she could be buried alive , forgotten , trapped in the darkness until death overcame her . |
| 10 | At last it was decided that , as I had behaved so well up to now , I would be kept alive . |
| 11 | His widow Sheila said last night she had hoped and prayed her missing husband would be found alive . |
| 12 | OLD sailor Harry Ward is n't looking forward to bonfire night … because his latest drinking companion , Johnny the papier mache Guy , will be burned alive . |
| 13 | It has been known for many years that neurons , like other cells , can be maintained alive and well under such conditions for periods of many days or even weeks , provided they are kept warm , aerated and well fed with glucose and other essential molecules . |
| 14 | In such a slice , appropriate stimulation of the input pathways will also lead to LTP which persists for as long as the slice can be maintained alive . |
| 15 | Cells and embryos can be viewed alive or fixed immediately after staining . |
| 16 | Even with supplementary feeding , only a few dolphins can be kept alive in such small reserves , which may not be enough to maintain an adequate gene pool . |
| 17 | Bryan Jennett , of Glasgow University 's department of neurosurgery , a specialist in brain injuries , said the advance of medical technology has meant that more and more patients can be kept alive but often only with a poor quality of life . |
| 18 | ( A frog can be boiled alive in water that is brought to boil slowly . ) |