Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [adv] maintain " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brewery is unique in many respects , especially as a result of the outstanding beauty of its buildings , pond and meticulously maintained surroundings , this being due in no small part to the fact that it has remained in the hands of the Arkell family for well over a century . |
| 2 | World At One and PM increased their ratings in the first week of the campaign and Today maintained its 1.3 million audience . |
| 3 | It is also likely that by providing minimum standards of living , social services reduce public apathy and dejection and thus maintain the will to work . |
| 4 | Get some professional tips on how to look after your hair and how to maintain the style at home . |
| 5 | The script was commissioned quickly to replace Coburn 's dropped ‘ The Robots ’ story and thereby maintain the balance between historical and futuristic adventures , and production was scheduled and slotted to follow on a week later from ‘ The Tribe of Gum ’ . |
| 6 | State policy is instead set by the impersonal logic which drives government in a capitalist society to develop the economic base and coercively maintain social stability . |
| 7 | A positive consequence of this is that the church has preserved her spiritual heritage and also maintained her community base . |
| 8 | There is a common expectation that mourners will visit the cemetery where the dead person 's body or ashes have been interred for a recognized period of time , attending to flowers at the grave and generally maintaining contact with the memory of the dead person . |
| 9 | Are they all sound and well maintained ? |
| 10 | Although one person may not be able to combine the range of roles and tasks in the way that some coordinators have , it is perfectly possible to spread these across the staff as a whole and thus maintain the momentum of innovation and support . |
| 11 | The reason why these had survived so long was because they required the most money spent on them — in the case of valley bottoms , to pay for initial drainage and then to maintain it — to make them yield their full potential of arable and pasture . |
| 12 | ‘ We have got to get off to a good start and then maintain momentum , ’ said the 24-year-old Llewellyn . |
| 13 | For if at the end of period 1 a rise in aggregate demand is predictable , the government could reduce its own spending and thereby maintain the position of the aggregate demand curve at AD and hence maintain aggregate real output at y n . |
| 14 | If a spark of success was first engendered by a British golfer and then maintained , Martinez' clones would quickly and insidiously begin the process of prising the potential star , and his potential earnings , away from Fearnley . |
| 15 | The objective of a company taking advantage of these provisions , therefore , is to conceal as much of its activities as possible from the outside world and therefore maintain a degree of confidentiality . |
| 16 | Such businesses are not going to survive in the face of the pressure being applied by insurance companies to have their customers only deal with approved repairers , particularly when it is becoming harder and more expensive to become an approved repairer and then maintain one 's company as such . |
| 17 | In November of 1936 , a Franco-Lebanese treaty theoretically recognised the ‘ independence ’ of Lebanon but France was permitted to keep an army in the country and thus maintained considerable political control . |
| 18 | Some of the provisions of the 1963 Act relate to the structure of the building , that all floors , stairs , steps , passages and gangways shall be of sound construction and properly maintained . |
| 19 | Such examples can easily be multiplied without going beyond the bounds of the county of Stirling , The Honourable William Elphinstone , a gentleman active in the politics of both Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire , was three times chairman of the East India Company and always maintained close relations with the shipping interest , having himself commanded the East Indiaman Tryton before becoming a director , while the Haldanes of Airthrey , significant in the political life of Perth , Dunbarton and Stirlingshire , had similar connections with the Indian shipping interest . |
| 20 | Clearly a certain amount of skill is involved in the discussion of uncertainties and assumptions in detail sufficient to demonstrate objectivity and yet maintain a clear and convincing line of argument . |
| 21 | It has two functions : ( a ) it acts as a point of orientation by connecting back to previous stretches of discourse and thereby maintaining a coherent point of view and , ( b ) it acts as a point of departure by connecting forward and contributing to the development of later stretches . |
| 22 | The winners are those who can keep up with best standards of quality and reliable supply and still maintain low international prices in a cut-throat business . |