Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [conj] maintain " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I , I , I , I think that you 've got to move in that direction rather than maintaining the status quo . |
| 2 | Recruitment clearly has to continue at a high level so as to maintain C&P 's scientific excellence [ and relevance ! ] . |
| 3 | At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion . |
| 4 | He said the prison would follow a methadone reduction programme rather than maintaining prisoners on the drug . |
| 5 | In setting up the scheme , care must be taken to judge the range and slopes of the lines so as to maintain the desired balance in the minds of the contractor 's engineers . |
| 6 | He appreciates , too , that he must , in this instance , tread a diplomatic line between doing his job properly and maintaining good relations with club managers whose assistance he will need when fully competitive matches arise . |
| 7 | Hickson take pride in their ability to solve technical problems quickly while maintaining the highest safety standards . |
| 8 | My Lords and Members of the House of Commons My Government will pursue , within the framework of the Exchange Rate Mechanism , firm financial policies designed to reduce inflation further and maintain the conditions necessary for sustained growth . |
| 9 | Indeed , it will be seen that dare can express a sense very close to its meaning as a modal even while maintaining most of the syntactic characteristics of a full verb , in which case it is used with the bare form — eloquent proof that the use of one or the other version of the infinitive is conditioned by meaning and not by automatically operating syntactic rules . |
| 10 | But following this change in tax credits on dividends some employer contribution holidays will have to stop , while other less well-padded schemes may be forced to invest more in secure vehicles such as bonds and gilts rather than maintain the heavy weighting towards equities typical of most funds at present . |
| 11 | A mare in oestrus , in typical ‘ saw-horse ’ position , raises her tail attractively but maintains submissive , flattened ears . |
| 12 | Keeping costs under control , managing our finances well and maintaining innovation in our sales approach are just three examples from a number that illustrate how , as a Division , we have been preparing for 1993 . |
| 13 | Radical voices in developing countries began to accuse the West of plotting to keep down the numbers in the Third World so as to maintain their own privileged position . |
| 14 | Even this did not include the whole of the area because the Tyneside suburban areas in Blyth Valley and Castle Morpeth , particularly Cramlington and the very wealthy suburb of Ponteland , were left under Northumberland County so as to maintain the viability of that Shire . |
| 15 | The material takes the form of supported self-study packages , so a student can work through most of the material alone while maintaining regular contact with a tutor . |
| 16 | Two staff are dedicated to the business , visiting GKN regularly and maintaining paint stocks . |