Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] maintain " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always maintained the analogy that working with Fleetwood Mac was like movie making , because you have an idea , but to get from point A to point B you 've got to go through all these steps . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've always maintained that Peter Schmeichel is the best goalkeeper in Europe . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've always maintained that most of us get what we deserve in this life , ’ Wendell said . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I 've always maintained that Paul Byrne is too good for the Irish League . |
| 5 | I have successfully maintained them in hard water , with a pH of 7.8 , but try to keep a neutral pH of 7.0 , for best results . |
| 6 | I have consistently maintained that the canoe is the traditional craft for exploring wilderness areas without disturbing wildlife . |
| 7 | I have consistently maintained the position throughout this book that sovereignty has not yet changed hands . |
| 8 | I have always maintained you should do the things in life that are most difficult . |
| 9 | I have always maintained , ’ Woolley said with ponderous irony , ‘ that the way to avoid a long argument is to shoot the other man before he starts . |
| 10 | ‘ I have always maintained that the priesthood is male , Jesus chose 12 Apostles and they were all men . ’ |
| 11 | However I have always maintained that a happy class moves better ! |
| 12 | They never fundamentally question the nature of their political system , which has successfully maintained their small elite in power since the last popular rebellion was put down in 1932 . |
| 13 | The second most important medium is commercial television , which has consistently maintained about 25% of the total . |
| 14 | Montenegro , which had partially maintained its independence for many centuries , was another added area of people of mainly Serbian characteristics . |
| 15 | This restrained aloofness has had its drawbacks : it has given the bellicose idealists of the Left freedom to ride roughshod with impunity over institutions which have hitherto maintained our nation as civilised and admirable . |
| 16 | I will always remember standing one early spring day near the river Severn , arguing with a drainage officer who had previously maintained watercourses now due to be reshaped as part of an expensive new scheme . |
| 17 | Mr Gummer , who had always maintained that he would act if circumstances demanded , said farmers were frequently forced to combine in very wet conditions . |
| 18 | Now Gwynedd County Council have announced their intention to commission a comprehensive feasibility study into re-opening the whole line in conjunction with the 1964 Comp[any who have steadfastly maintained their stance of wanting to start reconstruction from the southern end where they are operating a three-quarter of a mile line along former British Rail land beside Porthmadog station . |
| 19 | At CCG , we have always maintained high standards of hygiene and food handling techniques , and whilst we have introduced some new systems we have not experienced any difficulties adopting the new regulations . |
| 20 | Eugene Fife , chairman of Goldman Sachs International , said : ‘ We have constantly maintained that Goldman Sachs did not manipulate the securities market and we are very pleased that this has been confirmed in the independent review undertaken by the Stock Exchange . ’ |
| 21 | How do you know they have n't maintained it ? |
| 22 | Said Gooch : ‘ Alec has never let England down as wicketkeeper , but he has not maintained his batting form when doing it . |
| 23 | He has always maintained his innocence , claiming his wife 's 100ft fall from the balcony of their Bangkok flat was an accident . |
| 24 | Though the initial approval ratings for Mr Bush 's handling of the Gulf ( which were above 75% ) have not been sustained , he has consistently maintained the support of about 60% of Americans for his general policy . |
| 25 | Although the Rev. Jesse Jackson had formally moved his address to Washington DC in 1989 — thereby making him eligible to run for mayor — he had persistently maintained that he would not stand against his " old friend " Barry . |
| 26 | He had also maintained his FI contacts : principally with Ron Dennis , who had bought McLaren out from Teddy Mayer , though here again , the hand behind the scenes really belonged to Marlboro 's John Hogan . |
| 27 | One of her students , for instance , had told her that the class struggle was an obsolete concept , and an eminent academic had put forward the view that relations between capitalist and socialist states were devoid of class content ( he had previously maintained the opposite ) . |
| 28 | This was no way to conduct one 's life , as he had always maintained . |
| 29 | As he had always maintained good relations with a number of Swiss wholesalers , the products were well known and well received there . |