Example sentences of "to be kept alive " in BNC.

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1 I would not like to be kept alive by a machine , like a vegetable , day in day out , she had once decided , I would prefer to accept my appointed day .
2 He referred to Inwood , whose name was to be kept alive at the new hospital , and which had been likened to a ‘ five star hotel ’ , and where patients had particular cause to be grateful to the town 's GP 's who were so conveniently on hand at the Health Centre .
3 If the calf was to be kept alive the course of action was clear and time was critical .
4 If this is true , it is the more important that active approaches and positive attitudes prevail , if enjoyment in books is to be kept alive in the face of more passive forms of entertainment .
5 ‘ Is it compassionate for a person to be kept alive with tubes going into their stomach ?
6 You are to be kept alive .
7 You are to be kept alive . ’
8 Cruzan 's parents contended that their daughter would not wish to be kept alive in her present state and argued for the right to end her life .
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