keep something at bay
bay
verb[ I ]
us/beɪ/

bayverb[I] (CALL)

(of dogs and similar animals) to make a low, long, deep cry

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In the western bays the pairs of carved winged angels are expressive and sublime.
It was also seen as the means to keep inflation at bay.
Two bays south of the entrance was a gate that ran through the house and led to the inner yard.
By so doing we attempt to keep the farcical underbelly of our lives at bay.
This may work for the locals, but does not help people elsewhere there are all too many estuaries and bays around the world.
Figures 7 and 8 show the amplification factor of the wave height for a bay with a complex shape.
This bay has a completely flooded mangrove forest only accessible by small boat.
The lake margins are convoluted giving rise to numerous shallow bays fringed in many parts by large tropical swamps.
A six-bay end cluster can be freely planned by removing all screens and par titions, and then by enclosing group and seminar spaces.
The stores were deposited on the bay ice and, due to water flowing over them, much was engulfed.
In the small bays of the rugged coast, the hydrodynamic - and thus sedimentary - conditions are very calm, leading to accumulation of fine-grained, organic-rich marineaffected material.
The contrast between horizontal and vertical is accentuated by the projection of both drawing-room bay and dining-room facade on either side of the axis.
The case store and refuse stores are adjacent to the loading bay.
The general store and workshops open onto the loading bay.
Throughout the capitals and entablature blocks, highly polished surfaces in the western bays contrast with rough, chiselled surfaces in the eastern bays [11-22].
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