Example sentences of "[vb mod] be kept [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left four-fifths of his residuary estate to the Royal Society and the remainder to the Society of Chemical Industry , stipulating that the capital should be kept intact and the income used to encourage scientific research . |
| 2 | For security and safety reasons stores should be kept exclusive and the provisions of hygiene regulations usually prohibit cleaning materials being stored with food . |
| 3 | While the patient should be kept warm , his room should also be properly ventilated , especially if he is in it all the time . |
| 4 | This is aimed at reversing the triggering event : the patient should be kept warm , rehydrated with intravenous fluids and any infection reacted with broad-spectrum antibiotics . |
| 5 | Pot-grown fuchsias in the greenhouse should be kept cool through judicious ventilation . |
| 6 | Chemicals therefore should be kept cool . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Another , related , charge against the players is that in their dress violations they — again like the ‘ street ’ transvestites — transgressed the natural and fixed order of things by wilfully confusing distinctions which it was thought imperative should be kept distinct , especially within the categories of rank , class , and gender . |
| 10 | I therefore offered Gail Rebuck my resignation on 17th March , and she finally accepted it on 19th March , asking that it should be kept confidential until 24th March , after the London Book Fair was over . |
| 11 | The golden rule on snow terrain is that the rope should be kept taut between all members of the party , with no loose coils carried in the hand . |
| 12 | Do not put any cream on the burn , it should be kept dry . |
| 13 | Young birds should not be reared with adults , especially turkeys , and to prevent infection becoming established runs or yards should be kept dry and contact with wild birds prevented . |
| 14 | The tools have to be looked after which means , in particular , preventing them from rusting ( a thin smearing of oil does the trick ) ; tools with cutting edges should be kept sharp with their blades protected against damage . |
| 15 | A strict record should be made of all orders placed which should be kept available for checking against delivery notes and or invoices . |
| 16 | Equally important is the distinction Marx repeatedly draws between the occurrence of small-scale ‘ domestic ’ slavery and whole societies based on the exploitation of slaves , such as was the case for Greece and Rome , and the insistence that these two cases should be kept separate . |
| 17 | This taboo belongs to the same category , fayawan , as incest and other rules against mixing things which should be kept separate . |
| 18 | These cards should be kept separate from the player 's other cards . |
| 19 | Further information was contained on and used by the payroll system which was not contained on or used by the PMIS and vice versa It was therefore decided that the updating procedures for the Payroll Master File and the PMIS should be kept separate at this stage . |
| 20 | Clients ' funds should be kept separate from the firm 's own moneys and be held in bank or building society accounts clearly designated as belonging to the client . |
| 21 | Beneath the oral history lies a sad text of spies , betrayers , official reprisal and oppression , and heartrending devotion : ‘ Old Mrs Macdonald , after her guest had left the house , took the sheets in which he had lain , folded them carefully , and charged her daughter that they should be kept unwashed , and that , when she died , her body should be wrapped in them as a winding sheet . |
| 22 | It is not necessary to use a mallet when carving the head , though your tools should be kept good and sharp . |
| 23 | Their dossiers should be kept complete , as complete as those of my friends to whom copies of the present missive have been sent . |
| 24 | Whatever information you give will depend on the situation , but it should be kept simple and honest . |
| 25 | They do best in a rich , limy potting mixture which should be kept moist while they are growing . |
| 26 | The soil should be kept moist , but never saturated , by sprinkling it gently with water from time to time . |
| 27 | The housing should be kept moist by pouring a little water into the wells from time to time . |
| 28 | When the time approached for a decision on when to ground PA474 , the feeling within the RAF was that PA474 should be kept airworthy for at least another ten years , and the suggestion was made that R5868 should go to Hendon instead , as it was by far the most historical of the two Lancasters . |
| 29 | In writing chords for the harp , the two hands should be kept close together , and the chords well filled in . |
| 30 | Young plants should be kept free of weeds . |