Example sentences of "[noun pl] to keep them " in BNC.
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| 1 | All duvets need covers to keep them clean and as a result designers have had virtual carte blanche in producing happy and aesthetic designs for the covers . |
| 2 | The ambitious Hall , famed cup specialists , are still involved in both the Rothmans and the Welsh Knockout Cups and need the talents of County choice Peers to keep them on track for the double . |
| 3 | The children in particular had a great time with computer games , entertainers and bouncy castles to keep them occupied . |
| 4 | It was being driven by a German wearing little black pads over his ears to keep them warm . |
| 5 | The ancients had surfed while other nations floundered in the water or built unwieldy vessels to keep them precariously afloat . |
| 6 | The crowd was shouting and gesticulating , parents lifting children on shoulders to keep them out of the crush , fists punching the air , workmen 's tools being waved like weapons . |
| 7 | In Stafford , soldiers were forbidden from bring their families into the town unless they had enough funds to keep them for a quarter of a year , due to the large number of camp followers registering for charity . |
| 8 | Prevent snow and ice damaging upright conifers by winding twine or netting around the branches to keep them upright and in place . |
| 9 | If the tank is well-established , however , they will normally find enough microorganisms to keep them going during this initial period . |
| 10 | The small bottle once again is is the attractiveness of the bottle and we 've found that to be very attractive and people are were very willing to pay a premium price for something like that cos as Thomas said people are buying those bottles to keep them erm initially . |
| 11 | All these people needed a boot up the backside at regular intervals to keep them up to scratch . |
| 12 | If there is a policy of having nuclear weapons , those weapons must be serviced at intervals to keep them running properly . |
| 13 | Once winter-flowering heathers finish flowering , clamp them lightly with shears to keep them compact . |
| 14 | Now the pace of life is a little slower for Leslie and Helena although having raised three children , two girls and a boy , they now have six grandchildren and five great grandchildren to keep them on their toes . |
| 15 | There are loads of baddies , and the world needs some goodies to keep them in hand . |
| 16 | The trees are being re-coppiced this week for the first time in more than 50 years to keep them healthy . |
| 17 | Life in Parma at the beginning of the school year seemed normal apart from the Fascist propaganda in the papers , but one began to sense that the members of the Party were becoming even more arrogant and domineering than before , and that it was increasingly important for people with different ideas to keep them to themselves and never to discuss politics . |
| 18 | Thus two machinists ' jobs are lost , but CNC machine tools as they are presently used require support from white-collar workers who write the programs which drive them and from maintenance workers to keep them running . |
| 19 | While they 're waiting , there are puzzles , games and stories to keep them amused . |
| 20 | I think there has always got to be for any executive — and for any employee for that matter — new challenges , new frontiers to keep them enthused . |
| 21 | They know the performers are men dressed as women , but they enjoy the performances immensely , throwing money at the dancers to keep them going . |
| 22 | He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone . |
| 23 | They 've seen language labs , which are great , more or less mould away for lack of resources to keep them in working order , and they see micros coming in at a time when everything else is being cut . |
| 24 | The latest phase obliges vehicles delivering a wide range of food products to keep them at a temperature of no more than 8C . |
| 25 | Elections , strikes , riots , pressure group lobbying , and decisions by law courts continuously serve to adjust state policies to keep them in touch with movements and realignments of multiple class fractions and strata . |
| 26 | They judge said that , if landowners do n't want trespassers on their land , they should erect fences and ‘ no trespass ’ signs to keep them out . |
| 27 | It was a dour afternoon , with few men and women in the streets , which had a pinched , frozen look as if there were not enough fires burning in the houses to keep them snug . |
| 28 | And there 's also other famous cases to keep them going … |
| 29 | Like the silkmoth , ants sense pheromones through their antennae ; but they make continual use of both antennae to keep them in the right direction . |
| 30 | But the studio paid out for fringe benefits including personal trainers and chauffeurs to keep them happy . |