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I pay towards the up-keep and running expenses, but it's probably not true to say we share.
FEAR OF LANDING Eamon Somers 2011
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The human body is amazing, but it needs a lot of up-keep.
Nature is Awesome: Snake eats deer whole Tyler 2009
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Most, like botox, fillers and laser treatments require constant up-keep to continue their positive effect.
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.: The Psychological Factors Surrounding Cosmetic Surgery 2010
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The basic premise of the up-keep of the human body is that if you don't move it, you lose it.
Ask Not What Educational Games Your Country Can Design for You... 2009
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The fees paid, support the up-keep of the instrument, tuning, service, and cleaning.
Archive 2008-10-01 Angcat 2008
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The fees paid, support the up-keep of the instrument, tuning, service, and cleaning.
Listen to the Music Joyful Fox 2008
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Even so, all students were given tasks to help up-keep buildings and grounds.
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But apart from these comparatively slight contributions, and the local up-keep of colonial fortifications, -- and the beginning in 1908-1909 of an Australian torpedo-boat flotilla provided by the Commonwealth, -- the whole cost of the imperial navy, on which ultimately the security of the empire rested, remained to be [v. 04 p. 0614] borne by the taxpayers in the British islands.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The almond begins bearing at about the same age as does the peach; at 5 or 6 years from the time the trees are planted, they begin to pay a little more than the cost of up-keep, and at 8 years, they are regarded as being in full bearing.
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This money is given towards the up-keep of the hospital for the very poor, and so on.
Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago Hannah Trager
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