Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] maintain " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I have consistently maintained that the canoe is the traditional craft for exploring wilderness areas without disturbing wildlife . |
| 3 | I have consistently maintained the position throughout this book that sovereignty has not yet changed hands . |
| 4 | I have always maintained you should do the things in life that are most difficult . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I have always maintained that the priesthood is male , Jesus chose 12 Apostles and they were all men . ’ |
| 7 | However I have always maintained that a happy class moves better ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | How do you know they have n't maintained it ? |