Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adv] maintain " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she often maintained that it was her own choice not to attend , she told an American interviewer , I would love to go to board meetings where he [ Bernard ] is chairman but I 'm not invited . |
| 2 | At 5 p.m. a staff nurse joined Miss T. and her mother and Miss T. told the staff nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she used to be a Jehovah 's Witness and that she still maintained some beliefs . |
| 3 | And I still maintain er of course they use the old argument that er tapes and all this and erm they er scar the countryside . |
| 4 | Er you I take it you have n't changed your mind and you still maintain that exceptional circumstances are necessary , because that is how you view , how you read paragraph nine of P P G Two ? |
| 5 | . The last one then , erm , C P is the completer. and their role is to see that the team is protected as far as possible from mistakes and they also maintain a sense of urgency within the team . |
| 6 | Although John Stork International became , to all intents and purposes , a pure search business , this was not always the case , and it still maintains other interests , including two management assessment firms , who employ several psychologists . |
| 7 | At that time , of course , unemployment was not the major issue it is today , neither did we have the burden of AIDS , but I still maintain that the most important changes we can make are the ones inside our own heads . |
| 8 | But I still maintain to encourage them at twelve years of age to be ab oh I think it 's all wrong . |
| 9 | But I still maintain that most bedding planes show evidence of a pause in sedimentation , if not actual erosion . |
| 10 | There are many farmers , possibly a majority , who recognize that farm workers deserve higher pay , but they resolutely maintain that they can not afford to grant it . |
| 11 | But he still maintains a special affection for Northern Ireland , and this has led to an exciting project initiated by the Arts Council , in association with Queen 's University and the Festival — Demidenko will give six recitals in Northern Ireland ( not just Belfast ) plus six masterclasses for five young Ulster pianists , in the 1991–2 season , finishing in May . |
| 12 | He declared that his large diamond rings were his investment ; they probably were as after his ‘ crash ’ some disappeared but he still maintained his two houses . |
| 13 | In 893 , Tsar Simeon appointed Clement to be the first Slav bishop of the diocese of Velika ( Titov Veles ) , but he still maintained regular contact with the Ohrid School . |
| 14 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
| 15 | You may not open or maintain a TESSA while you are under 18 or while you already maintain another TESSA whether with the same or any other Institution or Society . |
| 16 | While they still maintain feminist art history should raise ‘ fundamental questions for art history as a humanist discipline ’ , they do not believe feminist art history should be confined to the documentation of women artists ( as a form of additive history ) . |
| 17 | The basic questions posed are : First , can children attach themselves to psychological parents whilst they also maintain contact or links with a non-custodial birth parent or other relative ? and second , would the maintenance of such links confuse the child and impair his developing personal and social identity ? |
| 18 | She had lived in the States for several years but she still retained her British accent , though she often maintained that she loathed England and would never return to it . |