Example sentences of "to keep an eye on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , it did so cautiously — the cut in the discount rate from 8.0 to 7.5 per cent ( with no change in the Lombard rate ) does indeed represent a modest move — but this caution is clearly an attempt to take account of the slowdown of the German economy while signalling that the central bankers are continuing to keep an eye on inflation . |
| 2 | After this uncharacteristic lapse into gravity , Aranyos continued , ‘ The main reason I was there was to keep an eye on Fedorov . |
| 3 | Wheeler may have been ‘ given a charge ’ as the phrase goes , by the Bishop to keep an eye on Paul when he went to his new parish at Markham cum Cumbermound . ’ |
| 4 | Had no such provision been made , and had it merely been left to the initiative of backbenchers to keep an eye on instruments tabled , it is highly probable that many instruments would become or remain law with never a critical eye being cast over them . |
| 5 | Still trying to keep an eye on Cardiff , Duvall joined Rohmer and looked into the corridor . |
| 6 | Claudio Bartolini will be there to keep an eye on £5.5million Gazza , who is set to make his first competitive outing for more than 15 months . |
| 7 | In spite of everything , being with Kirsty was fun , and , besides , she wanted to keep an eye on Janice , and perhaps gather more proof regarding her own ‘ intuition ’ . |
| 8 | So I 'm not a for a moment suggesting that some rules and regulations are n't needed and I think that er the trouble is that every rule and regulation that is passed in this house , there 's always an excuse for it and there 's usually a very good reason for it , but that is the problem that the government faces and it 's quite fairly er a problem the treasury face when they introduce these statutory instruments because er no one can disagree that fraud must be stamped out , all I 'm actually saying is that unfortunately upstairs we have a deregulation bill going ahead at all pace with hundreds of clauses and hundreds of new rules to try and red hundreds of new clauses to reduce the number of rules and here we are downstairs on the floor we have passing for very good reason perhaps , more rules and regulations and there are four more tonight and I believe that every government department Madam deputy speaker , has a minister specially appointed to keep an eye on deregulation and I just wondered although er my honourable friend on the front bench mentioned that er the even the D T I minister responsible for deregulation has looked at these , I wonder if there is a minister in the treasury , they 've actually put a minister in the treasury responsible for deregulation or is the ministry actually above deregulation because I think that er I got the impression that the that every ministry would have a deregulation minister and I think it would be rather useful to know who the deregulation minister is in the treasury . |
| 9 | They went to cabin 10 that night ; Jane because nothing would have kept her away ; Lucinda because she had nothing better to do ; and Vi reluctantly , because someone had to keep an eye on Lilith and her peculiar ways and maybe , though the eldest of the trio would never have admitted it , because she was more than a little curious about the birthday message . |
| 10 | The new wards were to be built on the northern side of the workhouse grounds , and a sub-committee was appointed to keep an eye on progress . |
| 11 | But I have to keep an eye on prices . |
| 12 | A special commissary , Egidius , was sent by the pope to keep an eye on Conrad . |
| 13 | H. P. We used to keep an eye on pubs where the sergeant and the constable used to do a month at a time , visiting the cinemas , theatres , and public houses , licensed places , and do some pubs , night after night — just checking things , and at five past ten , you 'd be right in checking they were keeping to closing time . |
| 14 | But rest assured : in the longer term , giving reasons will certainly foster their compliance and , most important , the sort of reliability you can depend upon even when you are not there to keep an eye on things . |
| 15 | I did a 50% water change and phoned the manufacturer who told me to keep an eye on things . |
| 16 | No work was carried out on Sundays , though a watchman was appointed to keep an eye on things , being paid 1/ the day . |
| 17 | With a good , happy and well-looked-after staff and a first-class butler in charge of everything , all you needed was a committee of half a dozen blokes who were elected by popular vote to keep an eye on things and keep things lively , come up with new ideas , that sort of stuff . |
| 18 | Miss Pope 's here , to keep an eye on things . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But I had to keep an eye on things . ’ |
| 20 | Saddam had returned to the south , to keep an eye on developments , as soon as an offensive was regarded as likely . |
| 21 | Two months prior to making this statement Morrissey had moved to London ( leaving the rest of the band a hundred and eighty miles up the motorway ) to keep an eye on people . |
| 22 | sitting there doing paper work and the ki erm the kids use it as a a an office and what have you , there with their paper work , Sarah does her homework there and we have our meals in there so erm sort of it does n't really matter but er you know it saves them all coming out for a meal , and having to do it cos trouble is it 's too small to keep an eye on people to see if they want anything , everything 's alright and what have you |
| 23 | Untag has 2,800 officials — including 1,100 policemen — scattered throughout Namibia to keep an eye on proceedings at 358 polling booths . |
| 24 | ‘ No , nothing of importance , except I think you want to keep an eye on Billy the welder . |
| 25 | I refuelled and re-armed and went back to keep an eye on Thacker who was about three miles out in the channel . |
| 26 | I LIKE to keep an eye on advertisements in the classier American magazines for several reasons . |
| 27 | As a Manager I try to keep an eye on staff working too long ( allowing for some ‘ gift time ’ to CA which we all give ! ) |
| 28 | Watch Committees were organized to keep an eye on prostitution and the granting of licences to publicans . |
| 29 | Hot on Rigby 's heels is Little Budworth 's Mike Barber who in turn has to keep an eye on Dingle 's Tony Collins , just a few points behind . |
| 30 | Traditionally , Archdeacon Oliver explains , archdeacons dealt with legal and property matters , but although they still have to keep an eye on architects and parsonage houses , their work is far more , nowadays , to do with pastoral negotiation . |