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For most animals, sex is not only a way of producing the next generation, but a means of keeping enemies at bay.

So far, the early return seems to have kept the holiday blues at bay.

In a very short time, the world has gone from trying to hold malaria at bay, to aiming for its eradication.

He is beginning to understand that his best hope for keeping these intrusions at bay is to slowly tame the beast that stalks him the media.

just trying to make conversation. . . just trying to keep the loneliness at bay. . . you know?

Like an animal at bay, the bandit chieftain laid about him in desperation.

He had known that the moment must come sooner or later, but he had somewhat imagined that by force of willing he might hold it at bay.

Usually the men returned when they saw that hunger at home would be held at bay for a few months longer.

It's a vision of a more isolated America, trying to keep the world's problems at bay.

A glass of red wine a day could keep tumors at bay, according to a study of men with lung cancer.

Disruptive and dissenting elements had to be kept at bay for the maintenance of peace and solidarity among the community of monks.

He doesn't just want to meet you at church, or to be kept at bay on the outer edges of your life.

Some people never seem to get sick. What are they doing that the rest of us aren't to keep illness at bay?

If you think the cell phone explosion of recent years has somehow been kept at bay by prison walls, you would be greatly mistaken.

madame defarge looked at her scornfully , but still with something of miss prosss own perception that they two were at bay.

We are also monitoring the dark's many secret terror-weapons as it is pivotal that these horrendous devices be kept at bay.

Evil cannot be defeated overnight, but constant vigilance can keep it at bay, unable to harm us here at home.

Strategists are hopeful that even a negative vote might be enough to keep the European judges at bay.

Each girl shared a small plot with two or three others, where they grew vegetables and flowers, and kept the weeds at bay.

Until Wednesday, it had focused on distributing pepper spray and fork-like tools to keep potential assailants at bay.

Until now, the only body to have kept Mr Orban at bay was the central bank.

But they particularly hurt investors that levered up in the good times and now have to keep creditors at bay.

For a while, Mr Rodenstock was able to keep the doubters at bay.

The long picturesque Zig-Zag Bridge keeps evil spirits at bay. As everyone knows, evil spirits travel only in a straight line.

But right now there seems to be little anyone can do to keep the clones at bay.

This often precludes a friendship close enough to help hold loneliness at bay.

Their skin is weathered and tanned, as if they have fossilised themselves in ozone to keep death at bay.

Fortunately, other Greek soldiers dropped down beside him and helped keep the enemy at bay.

Although its winters make it one of the coldest U. S. cities, the low temperatures keep ozone at bay.

If inflation remains at bay, the Fed will have to focus on the other part of its dual mandate: maintaining full employment.

The Taliban insurgency in the south is not about to go away, but Afghanistan's army can probably keep it at bay.

a stag at bay; she had me cornered between the porch and her car; like a trapped animal.

I am not saying exercise has beaten my depression, or that I have found a magical cure but running helps me keep it at bay .

There may be a way to help keep that gastrointestinal (GI) distress at bay- by breastfeeding.

The greed, hatred, and general discord are no longer able to keep the worlds population at bay.

Thus, a hiding, but such a solution, not at bay intolerable, she yell for help.

I run a large company facing recession; I am trying to reorganize our business and keep shareholders at bay .

Not looking at the videos kept reality at bay, because the images of the coastline do not match the Japan that I know.

The Mississippi will not be able to keep the oil at bay indefinitely, however.

Yet the attackers are momentarily held at bay when Miller, in a moment of moral courage finds a way to stop their assault.

Now economic liberty is under attack and capitalism, the system which embodies it, is at bay.

If we fire all our bullets tonight, we can at least keep the enemy at bay until tomorrow morning.

So with that in mind I thought I'd write a quick checklist of things you can do if to keep stress at bay and feel more relaxed.

And exercise has been shown to improve the body's response to the influenza vaccine, making it more effective at keeping the virus at bay.

And my own experience has been this: I have found many methods, tools and practices that keep the worst of it at bay.

That may not sound bad, but Beijing believes it must maintain at least 8 percent growth to keep social unrest at bay.

Similarly, antitrust lobbying is part of a broader "platform war" for IBM, which hopes thereby to keep Microsoft at bay.

State of Mind: Music can also be used to bring a more positive state of mind, helping to keep depression and anxiety at bay.

Glasses of wine An alcoholic drink a day can help keep heart disease at bay, according to a review of 30 years of research.

Like Arabian nostrils' nostril s close to keep sand at bay , and their bushy eyebrows and two rows of long eyelashes protect their eyes.

The treatments kept her cancer at bay for several years, but then it spread to her bones, spine, liver, lungs, ribs, hip and sternum.

It was once so remote that Khun Sa and his feared Muang Tai army kept the Thai authorities at bay for several years in the late Seventies.

Capitalism is at bay, but those who believe in it must fight for it.

Getting started with a good night or two's sleep makes a big difference in keeping jet-lag at bay.

In good times or bad, good professionals are always in demand. As managers, we have to constantly keep the wolves at bay.

The quip has gained a frightening new relevance ahead of a "great leap forward" to an economic union that can keep the markets at bay.

Air Tower: Enough Venoms to keep his infantry at bay. Vertigos are optional, but can be useful in destroying and weakening base defenses.

So it is only natural that most moms and dads will try just about anything--including spending a lot of money--to keep an attack at bay.

It aims to promote groups that will ensure Afghanistan is friendly to Pakistan, and that Indian influence is kept at bay.

Until the nineteenth century, the Asians were relatively successful in holding the European traders and missionaries at bay.

The well armed gunmen, estimated to number ten to 15, kept at bay one thousand commandos and elite combat troops for two and a half days.

At Bay TV, my manager promoted me to producer in charge of the entire newscast.

Protective leaders are better suited to turtle tactics relying on their walls and free unit promotions to hold attackers at bay.

We are inventing concoctions and machines designed to keep death at bay for another decade or two.

Fighting al-Qaeda was America's priority, but defeating it required a counter-insurgency campaign to hold the Taliban at bay.

The hunter, using a holo-shroud to deceive Evazan, held the doctor at bay with a thermal detonator.

These technologies were designed to keep land in the hands of its feudal owners, food plentiful, and communists at bay.

Low-ranking females were also more likely to keep quiet during sex, probably to keep female competitors at bay, the researchers said.

But there are strong arguments against such a move that support keeping Huawei at bay.

The other seven are held at bay until one of the semaphore counts is released.

As anyone with ane-mail address knows, the difficulty is not scarcity, but keeping the offers for Viagra, real or fake, at bay.

Clever spiders A chemical used by golden orb web spiders to keep ants at bay could make a useful pest control agent, say researchers.

JoJo: Music is the only thing that makes sense anymore. . . play it loud enough and it keeps the demons at bay.

Plant breeders have come up with remedies and strategies that could keep stem rust at bay.

FIFTY MILLION TONS OF EARTH AND ROCK WERE EXCAVATED AND TWO TEMPORARY DAMS WERE CONSTRUCTED TO HOLD THE RIVER AT BAY.

He also struggles to learn his letters and numbers, to help the younger pupils and to keep the nightmares of his earlier life at bay.

The assurance that governments will not let important lenders fail continues to keep the fear of bank runs and bankruptcies at bay.

Both the Edge and the Guardian were developed for the NSA by defence contractors versed in keeping potential eavesdroppers at bay.

The Daily Mail reports that Kidman made the confession to a German magazine when asked how she kept her wrinkles at bay.

The oligosaccharides are involved in the mechanism for viral binding of T-cells, the immune soldiers that keep dangerous attackers at bay.

But de Grey says that's not what he's working for. Keeping the killer diseases of old age at bay is the primary focus.

The pressurized water forms a dam between the ocean and the groundwater basin, keeping saltwater at bay.

In his drawings, the dwellings look like millions of row houses with green roofs keeping the desert at bay.

These addictions to things outside of ourselves are masks that we use to keep ourselves at bay from the most amazing thing. . . ourselves.

Baseball bat: weighted for strength and durability, the baseball bat is a choice weapon for bashing and keeping the undead at bay.

Oil and gas exploration has been kept at bay, and the wildlife has been allowed to thrive.

Schools have even been buying large steel pitchforks, specifically designed to keep an attacker at bay, from online auction sites.

Hostess Some societies have tried to keep that chaos at bay, by pretending sex was not a major force in our lives.

After all, aerobic exercise reduces health risks, keeps excess pounds at bay, strengthens your heart and boosts your mood.

between stone-throwing masked youths and riot police, who fired clouds of teargas from behind steel crash barriers to keep rioters at bay.

In fact, border collies and peregrine falcons have been particularly good at keeping birds at bay on airfields.

cherry - scented smoke from grapy ' s pipe kept the hungry mosquitoes at bay while gray , wispy swirls danced around our heads.

There, opaque rules have kept many American firms at bay , leaving the field open for Chinese ones to develop similar services.

Today, cosmetics companies dance around truth-in-advertising laws to imply that their creams and lotions can keep the years at bay.

Nuclear weapons will further isolate the communist nation into extreme deprivation and keep South Korea far at bay.

Only unsustainable volumes of chemicals are currently keeping black Sigatoka at bay, experts point out.

The negative press associated with personal injury cases has kept scores of personal injury lawsuits at bay.

Of course, antioxidants keep us healthy by keeping the bad effects of aging away. They also help keep cancer at bay.

When sending instant messages regarding work, keep slang and IM acronyms at bay and use proper English instead.

The combination will stabilize blood sugar and keep cravings at bay but still satisfy your serotonin needs.

Yet as they worked to keep the Scourge at bay, they suffered greatly at being cut off from the Sunwell that had empowered them.

We all feel vulnerable and seek to strengthen the barriers we use to hold criminals at bay.

Setting a budget for the holiday season is a good starting point for keeping expenses at bay.

This class holds all threads at bay until a particular condition is met, at which point it releases them all at once.

Up until this past September, the population of South African was told quite a different story about how to keep AIDS at bay.

Some scientists liken climate change to a tidal wave that can no longer be held at bay.

They are determined to keep China's champions at bay, protecting strategic sectors and raising the stakes in trade talks.

Starting modestly, you will build your fleet, establish connections to far away countries, and keep rival nations at bay.

These genes evolved to keep tumours at bay by stopping cells dividing too readily, and the damage was often done by oxidation.

Rigorous education is less glamorous than getting Ukraine into NATO or keeping the Russian bear at bay.

Twelve thousand French police will be backed by special forces and helicopter teams to keep the expected protesters at bay.

With horizontal splitting, the infantile and unstructured material is kept at bay.

Your health care provider may prescribe antibiotics to keep post-operative infection at bay.

But how long women must stay on an SSRI to keep PMS or PMDD at bay depends on whether they have PMS or PMDD, a new study has found.

The experts who made the discovery believe ants act as 'bodyguards' for some plants to keep trampling elephants at bay.

But back in 2006-07 a commodity-fuelled growth spurt kept economic nationalism at bay.

We've tackled this subject here before, but, it seems like something we all face regularly: Keeping work stress at bay when we get home.

A vitamin pill a day could help keep old age at bay, according to a nutritional expert.

Looking forward, promoting growth, keeping inflation at bay and restructuring will be the triple themes for the Chinese economy.

Now he keeps nearby a graceful Indonesian figurine from the island of Java to "keep evil people at bay. "

Evil spirits can be kept at bay by taking that bath between 7 and 9 a. m. , advises Christopher Co, a Filipino expert in Feng Shui.

There will always be phenomena that will be 'palmed off' as something that it is not, in order to keep curiosity at bay.

(intensely focused) her concentrated passion held them at bay.

If you're not alone, focusing on the needs of others can help hold your own fears at bay.

It is important that people who have dull jobs find outside interests to keep boredom at bay, rather than turn to drinking or smoking.

Treatment, as it is known today, must last a lifetime to keep the virus at bay.

The benefits of green tea might include blocking fat and keeping extra pounds at bay, according to preliminary lab tests in mice.

Other people, by contrast, may be hard pressed to keep the horrors at bay.

Beijing is ringed with police checkpoints to keep troublemakers at bay.

During his first week in Stanford Hospital, Maloney's kids wanted to keep visitors at bay.

Air Tower: Enough Venoms to keep his infantry at bay. Vertigos are optional, they are alright at destroying Devourers and weakening Tripods.

Such cognitive and emotional distancing may help keep anxiety at bay.

Chongqing's people were wary of outsiders; legends and charms were devoted to keeping the world at bay.

Working on a creative project helps keep depression at bay.

As the hounds hit the fresh scent, they howled, and Rainsford knew how an animal at bay feels.

She left the light on at night to keep her fears at bay.

As of late Tuesday, the political process had kept military conflict at bay.

Say no to everything else. Put off what can be held at bay for the time being. And create time for what is necessary.

A drop in energy costs and the biggest plunge in food costs in eight years kept inflation at bay.

The reason is that AIDS drugs do not cure; they merely hold the virus at bay.

China can probably weather current prices, and keep inflation at bay, provided oil doesn't rise further.

With Gould and Hughes, hypochondria was mostly a matter of keeping the world at bay.

Tech firms may hope that self-regulation will keep legislators at bay.

Violence does not bring peace but keeps it at bay.

He simply found other ways to keep his internal foes at bay, and the world shouldered the expense of feeding them.

On second thoughts. . . Might keep Cormac at bay. Oh, God, here he comes.

Fed policy-makers must balance the fallout from the housing downturn on growth with their duty to keep inflation at bay.

The refuge remains open, but visitors can see offshore oil booms intended to keep the oil at bay.

To keep curiosity at bay there is a swimming-pool, a bowling-alley, a putting-green and two saunas (one hot; one seedy).

Because warm-bloodedness, a condition that requires a lot of calories, may have evolved to keep fungal infections at bay.

To keep the bumps at bay, take a hot shower before shaving.

China is a busy place, and focusing on what is right in front of you keeps bigger demons at bay.

Lifestyle changes, new medications and treatments can also help keep heart disease at bay.

although the short-term overbought condition is keeping buyers at bay, the 1333 level on the S&P 500 index continues to act as price magnet.

The unsuitable location of some projects keeps applicants at bay.

Hulu Can Hulu increase revenue (estimated at $140 million in 2009) and keep impatient parent companies at bay?

Salt drives out moisture in the food, keeping bacteria at bay.

Comment areas receive the most attention, but securing every location where someone can add a link is the way to keep spammers at bay.

I protested, but he put you under an illusion, and kept me at bay.

Then suddenly I was reliving that early morning when I had held Uncle Tom at bay with my razors.

Chinese firewalls keep Playboy's website at bay.

The English Channel keeps the French at bay and, to a lesser extent, the Dutch.

Get your hair trimmed once a month in the summer to keep split ends at bay.

That also kept the competition at bay, and the profit margins up.

They then tested the chemical's role in keeping the ants at bay.

Sprinkle coffee grounds near cracks to keep ants at bay.

He held me at bay with a pistol.

Economic collapse was held at bay by aid from Russia.

Gusseted tongue helps keep the elements at bay.

Dyke was there, at bay at last, his back against a bank of rock.

By moving early, they are sending a clear signal that inflation will be kept at bay.

An Apple a Day Keeps Cholesterol at Bay?

At first, Sun Dannian's childhood reverence for the heroes, and her hard-working nature, kept her skepticism at bay.

A bowl of soup a day could keep the pounds at bay .

He kept me at bay with a long knife.

But they know the impossibility, as long as television revenues continue to rise, of holding market forces at bay.

Everyone must learn to keep their temper at bay.

Keeping stress hormones at bay can make you better equipped to deal with worries and help you handle life's ups and downs.

Eating right and keeping stress at bay helps not only your mind focus on new information, but also is good for your body too.

The same fatty acids also keep belly fat at bay.

About 90 percent of the people in the registry who have shed pounds and kept them at bay worked out, a result also seen in recent studies.

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In this way the girl delivered herself and from hour to hour kept her aunt at bay .

The government is doing everything possible to keep the financial crisis at bay.

But the government seems determined to keep Western movies at bay.

Viruses and other microorganisms are kept at bay, as are inorganic substances such as lead, cyanide, copper, and mercury.

Long has my father the steward of Gondor kept the forces of Mordor at bay by the blood of our people while your lands kept safe.

I am trying doing business consolidation to keep the stockholders at bay.

Second, private prisons sometimes have lower costs, if they can keep prison-guard unions at bay.

Naval experts look at what's been done and what could be done to keep the pirates at bay.

There is a separate heating system under the pitch to keep frost at bay.

Kimchi is very much a part of the Korean high fibre, low-fat diet that keeps obesity at bay.

This is bad news for China, which struggles to keep Myanmar's drugs at bay.

This is deliberate policy to keep unrest in the countryside at bay.

We accept that which is from us can be mutated by many in fear in order to 'keep us at bay'.

Might keep him at bay.

Being clean is not only a way to show respect to people around us, but also a way to keep diseases at bay.

Whether it's through reading or writing or connecting or sharing; I do what it takes to focus and keep failure at bay.

Couldn't I just line the perimeter of my yard with something to keep them at bay?

My father often said that it was only because my grandmother was so economical that the wolves were kept at bay.

If they really want to keep the trustbusters at bay, they should not let their size go to their heads.

I am still a beast at bay.

Yes, they could keep the attackers at bay, but if more and more arrived, how long would it be before blaster fire got through?

They killed my brother Osman, but I kept them at bay, leapt through the window, and escaped.

Dogged by student protests and allegations of corruption, the centrist Liberals are trying to keep the separatists at bay one more time

Do your best to keep emotions at bay, for chances are, you did nothing to bring the situation you are dealing with this month.

A small oil-covered fish lies on the water's surface at Bay Long off the coast of Louisiana

Monetary policy around the world is tightening to keep inflation at bay

Patterson offered these tips to keep the office bully at bay:

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Hence the need to get African policy right: a green revolution to keep rural hunger and poverty at bay;

A Flaxseed Muffin a Day Keeps Cancer at Bay

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An Apple a day kept Beijing at bay

I guess I'll keep that outside at bay

I have been quietly edging away To keep the flames at bay

They keep bad at bay - bad at bay

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I've kept her at bay, but if this is the deal