Example sentences of "[prep] keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through keeping in touch with the birth family the child is also able to ask questions and seek information about his adoption and genealogy . |
| 2 | Then consideration is given to the importance of maintaining social involvement through keeping up personal relationships in old age . |
| 3 | Really bloody-minded children , I have been told — the MPs of the future , perhaps — deduce from all this lavish praise that the faeces are something worth keeping , and refuse to perform on that basis . |
| 4 | If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer . |
| 5 | There is no need to go quite that far with the pop scribes of this world , but the principle is worth keeping in mind . |
| 6 | It is well worth keeping a special watch for fossils of this kind when hunting in Cambrian localities — it is still perfectly possible to discover a completely new kind of echinoderm ! |
| 7 | Perhaps I am seeing difficulties where none need exist but it 's worth keeping an eye on . |
| 8 | Ian Cocking just about manages to persuade the council that the ramp is worth keeping so the ramp is fixed up but a botch job on one piece of coping makes any trick other then just plain rock 'n' rolls virtually impossible . |
| 9 | It is always worth keeping reports on disk because parts may be cannibalised and adaptation is much easier using a word processing system . |
| 10 | ‘ They were n't worth keeping so I swapped them for a couple of balloons . ’ |
| 11 | It 's always worth keeping an odd earring , when you 've lost its partner , for just such projects . |
| 12 | We asked BBC producer and presenter Mike Edgar to pinpoint ten new Northern acts who 'd be worth keeping an eye on over the coming year . |
| 13 | Anything was worth keeping the work going at Yelton . |
| 14 | Obviously it is worth keeping watch over the pond during these times to ensure that the fish do not become stuck . |
| 15 | If you are not aware that your eating habits change depending on the time of your menstrual cycle , it would be worth keeping diary for a few months to check . |
| 16 | Questions which it is worth keeping in mind when reading the remaining chapters in this book would be the following : |
| 17 | Nothing worth keeping , anyway . ’ |
| 18 | Or she could say that Derek had always had charming manners and was in the habit of commending ladies on their scent , even if it smelled of Alexandrian sewers , and sound as though she had lost something worth keeping — and inevitably regretful . |
| 19 | Only er National Savings are worth keeping your eye on , because the government 's very keen to make a few shillings out of National Savings , and you might get some good issues in the future . |
| 20 | So it 's worth keeping those going . |
| 21 | The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour and this is worth keeping in mind as part of the assessment of risk . |
| 22 | It 's not worth keeping the treasure of lemons |
| 23 | Nothing is worth keeping because no love went into its making and stainless surfaces can never mellow with use . |
| 24 | They 're profitable pits and they 're well worth keeping open . |
| 25 | ‘ Is there anything worth keeping ? ’ |
| 26 | While it 's not a good idea to overload a drama with symbolism , it 's well worth keeping any eye open for possibilities , both in the planning stage and while the drama 's underway . |
| 27 | Glare can also be caused by very light coloured ceramic floor tiles and it is worth keeping this in mind when choosing from the wide range of floor coverings available . |
| 28 | See if there 's any rubbish er are those , are those worth keeping those ? |
| 29 | The same writer recommended giving glasshouse room to a few hedgehogs , ideal for keeping down woodlice . |
| 30 | But the declaration issued by the congress left no doubt that the decision was intended to be more than a mere facelift : ‘ The present concept of socialism , the Stalinist system , has exhausted all its social , economic , political and moral reserves , and has proved unsuitable for keeping pace with global developments . |