Example sentences of "have to be kept [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This cutting blade has to be kept sharp to perform its job properly without undue pressure in the hand , and is therefore made from a very hard steel — so hard in fact , that it can be brittle when subjected to a common form of misuse : the correct action with all secateurs is a firm steady squeeze , with no wrenching and definitely no twisting , which can cause the blades to break . |
| 2 | oh course , you know , its , unless you think about it , the stuff has to be kept hot twenty four hours a day and he said a little bloke like me , I mean all these |
| 3 | For these reasons , the Siamese has to be kept calm and healthy if it is to retain its beautiful sealpoint pattern . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's just become more and more difficult to manage — he wanders , and he has to be kept clean … |
| 5 | That is the reason why that option has to be kept open . |
| 6 | Since partial interpretations did not have to be kept distinct over stretches longer than two words the combinatorial explosion of word string hypotheses should have been considerably reduced . |
| 7 | ‘ It had to be kept simple so it could be translated into different languages ( the show will tour Europe in the autumn ) , but it is dangerously close to the P-word , ’ giggles Gibson . |
| 8 | So , a wife carefully distinguished her property from her husband 's , for the marriage could end , requiring a division of goods ; or her husband could marry a second wife , or a third , and wives ' property had to be kept distinct . |
| 9 | The affair had to be kept secret , or the scandal within the hospital would irrevocably damage his career . |
| 10 | It was what was going on in my mind that had to be kept secret , on pain of interference , on pain of ridicule , on pain of punishment and , inevitably , on pain of self-understanding . |
| 11 | Pigs had to be kept near to the farmstead , probably in nearby closes , but they could be taken to wastes and pasture and , of course , woodland , where traditionally they ate acorns and beechmast . |
| 12 | The Israelite people had to be kept free of contamination from outside sources , especially the corrupting influence of Canaanite religion . |
| 13 | Even trees in the street had to be kept short to give the army and police clear lines of fire in the event of war , civil or global . |
| 14 | News of the surrender of Paulus and 90,000 soldiers of the 6th Army — which would have provided some relief for their distraught relatives — had to be kept quiet to maintain the legend of total and selfless sacrifice for the nation in the ‘ greatest epic in German history ’ . ’ |
| 15 | When , in 1651 , the Rump ordered guns from a former employee of his , Browne delivered an emotional remonstrance to the House of Commons : the state 's security , he claimed , depended upon a single gun-founder ; his enterprise employed a ‘ stock ’ of £30,000 , had overheads of at least £4,000 per annum , and had to be kept busy . |
| 16 | They had to be kept busy by war , because otherwise the whole building of the Roman organization would collapse . |
| 17 | Domestically , it was necessary to prevent ‘ sinister interests ’ from dominating the political process — the world that had been made safe for democracy had to be kept safe by democracy . |
| 18 | Do n't hesitate to use them even if they sound silly or have to be kept private . |
| 19 | From the start , his two definitions of culture , that of a class and that of the whole people , ‘ have to be kept distinct but always in relation ’ . |
| 20 | It takes months of painstaking work to grow the perfect orchid , and the potential prizewinners have to be kept cool and dark to stop them fading . |
| 21 | They should eat a proper breakfast and supper as well , though , since the meals have to be kept hot en route to the recipients and some of their original vitamin content can be lost . |
| 22 | It can complicate the management of in-patients beds if beds have to be kept available to accommodate persons on leave of absence who may relapse and require urgent readmission and it can distort the patient statistics . |