Example sentences of "maintaining that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solidarity of Libya and of France depends on maintaining that distance , and it is confused if private individuals in the two nations have grandfathers or uncles in common . |
| 2 | Maintaining that sum of money ( which 20 years ago was the threshold of affluence ) is like trying to keep a snowball in your pocket by waiting until winter comes . |
| 3 | Using the contour control , it 's possible to change the character of the sound from British bite to almost an American West Coast wash , while maintaining that essential edge which Marshall amps are famed for . |
| 4 | It is assisted by the tradition of knowledge that values perception and disdains sensation , maintaining that what we feel is less important than our awareness of reality . |
| 5 | The following month , in the same journal , a swift refutation of these tenets came in the shape of a letter from a consultant histopathologist by name of J.V. Clark , who responds to the last point regarding the relations ' not understanding what is being asked when a postmortem is requested , by pointing out that in all probability funeral directors do not explain the procedure of embalming to the next of kin and , more seriously , maintaining that delay would reduce the maximum benefit of an autopsy and also delay the funeral . |
| 6 | Essentially , this meant maintaining his own personal renunciation of the world , cultivating the presence of God in meditation and prayer , and maintaining that liberty which is found only in rectitude . |
| 7 | Anyway , the whole thing was ridiculous , maintaining that white elephant when every school child knew that the Cold War was over and done with . |
| 8 | Nor are the prospects , even for Galway , as bad as they appear at the moment : workers reportedly wept openly in the Digital canteen when told their jobs were being phased out over the next 12 months , but the fear that most of the subcontractors that served DEC will have to close as well is not likely to be realised : where a company has a good relationship with a subcontractor , there are good reasons for maintaining that relationship even after a plant closes , and work should start flowing across the Irish Sea all the way to Galway from Scotland . |
| 9 | It should be stressed at the outset that maintaining that large companies are social enterprises involves no necessary finding that the root principle beneath the current rules of company law , that companies exist to make profits for the benefit of shareholders , is unsatisfactory . |
| 10 | Thus it might be argued that the basic premisses of an entity-oriented ontology alone , if conceded , provide a sufficient justification for maintaining that existential propositions in particular are logically dispensable . |
| 11 | Dunning and his co-workers are undoubtedly justified in maintaining that football hooliganism was prevalent in society long before the post-war decline of community life ; and that it was common for young males to attend football matches without adult supervision before the 1960s . |
| 12 | After maintaining that with few exceptions ‘ the feminine intellect has less strength but more acuteness ’ , she argued the Christian anti-revolutionary case . |
| 13 | Maintaining that calm , uncaring façade even for just a few minutes had taken a lot out of her , and she felt the faint beginnings of a headache behind her eyes . |
| 14 | He is committed to maintaining that momentum . |
| 15 | The Government have tried strenuously to maintain effective and sensible aid policies , with a view to maintaining that commitment and reaching that target when the country can afford it . |
| 16 | Kohl held talks with the 17-member Commission of the European Communities ( EC ) in Brussels on March 23 , maintaining that German unification would " accelerate , not constrain " the " unstoppable current " which he said was sweeping the EC towards both economic and political union . |
| 17 | On Sept. 9 a Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister , Vladimir Petrovsky , had signalled the Soviet Union 's willingness to drop its opposition to the suspension of the unanimity rule , maintaining that foreign concern over human rights issues did not constitute interference in domestic affairs . |
| 18 | When government authority has been challenged citizens have expressed themselves in favor of maintaining that authority . |
| 19 | The prime question is whether the gains in efficiency from having a more competitive financial system that involves a degree of consumer protection are outweighed by the costs of setting up and maintaining that regulatory system . |