Example sentences of "kept [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the discharges first started , their levels were said to have been kept high for two years ‘ as part of an organized and deliberate scientific experiment ’ . |
| 2 | In order to protect the privacy of those whose lives are recorded , the material may be kept confidential for some years , or may be available only in a form where individuals can not be identified . |
| 3 | If people are kept awake for long periods of time , their drowsiness lessens in the morning and comes on with increased severity in the evening . |
| 4 | ( 5 ) A partial offer must be kept open for at least 21 days ( Rule 31.1 ) whereas an on-Exchange tender offer is only required to be kept open for eight days . |
| 5 | Both door and windows are kept open for three weeks . |
| 6 | It has been established that new information rapidly decays from the memory ; it can not be kept ready for instant recall unless its impression on the brain is renewed . |
| 7 | ‘ If anyone knows anything that could help and has kept quiet for any reason , I would beg them to please come forward now . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If anyone knows anything that could help and has kept quiet for any reason , I would beg them to please come forward now , ’ his distraught mother said . |
| 9 | The tragedy at Slapton Sands in Devon , in which 700 US servicemen died when a D-Day invasion exercise went wrong , was ‘ kept quiet for 40 years , ’ he says . |
| 10 | I WAS surprised to read that Terry Charman of the Imperial War Museum gave credence to the myth that the loss of life during one of the Slapton Sands invasion rehearsals had been ‘ kept quiet for 40 years ’ . |