Sentence examples for struck to keep from inspiring English sources

Up until a few months ago the BBC was optimistic that a deal could be struck to keep the Great British Bake Off on BBC1.

He did not win his battle for a 2011 premiere, but his cast and running time remained intact, and a deal was struck to keep him at the show through a seventh season, when it will come to an end.

The Times is reporting that a deal has been struck to keep comprehensive immigration reform moving forward in the Senate, by addressing Republican objections that the bill is too weak on border enforcement.

Under the terms of the nationalization plan — one struck to keep Northern Rock afloat amid steep losses and a run on the bank — shareholders will receive what their shares would have been worth if the British government did not intervene.

Williams was about to sign a long-term deal with the Boston Red Sox — and the Yankees, thinking strategically, were primed to replace him with Albert Belle — when, at the last minute, a deal was struck to keep Williams in New York.

The moment being alluded to was that injury-time goal Glass struck to keep Carlisle United in the Football League on 8 May 1999 as he went from being a journeyman keeper to a household name in a split second.

"We are basically striking to keep what we have," says Michelle Lowry, media liaison and co-chair of Women's Caucuses for the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3903, the union that represents the workers on strike.

More than usual, he turned to his off-speed pitches, throwing his cutter, curveball and changeup for strikes to keep the Rays' hitters guessing.

So the political pressure is building on the government and this explains its two-pronged strategy of shouting "Never mind the ballots" while also offering fresh concessions and facilitating a 15-minute strike to keep the strike mandates live.

Seoul would have one last crack before the final whistle with Covic diffusing a Santos strike to keep the score 0-0.

The elections were certainly messy: A bomb went off, vehicles were set on fire and hard-line Maoists called a transport strike to keep voters from returning to their home villages.