Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] maintain [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The load is set so as to maintain a pH of at least 5.3 , the minimum for a bicarbonate rather than an aluminium buffering system , with aluminium levels of 30 ug/litre or less . |
| 2 | But government spokesmen said that they wanted to see it eventually set so as to maintain the level of existing capacity at the end of the century . |
| 3 | All joints were then soldered and smoothed , the tack-heads soldered so as to maintain the water-resistance and airtight quality of the coffin . |
| 4 | The UK agreements are not concerned with principle or with the ‘ spirit ’ of the agreement : they are trickily worded and legalistically interpreted so as to maintain the maximum freedom to advertise . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The bass part has therefore been added according to the principles of interval harmony , so as to maintain the right equilibrium of consonance and dissonance . |
| 7 | The programme for 1988/89 is organised so as to maintain the flexibility necessary to allow for the covering of new research results and to enable distinguished overseas visitors to present papers to the Group . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Further regular meetings are intended so as to maintain the vital liaison between the carpet industry , Parliament and government , and to enable carpet manufacturers to voice their concern . |
| 11 | The NcoI-EcoRI adaptor oligonucleotides had been synthesized so as to maintain the 140k peptide reading frame ( which is initiated at the ATG of the NcoI site ) . |
| 12 | In 1987 the Community agreed to a package of measures which will create greater fare competition , will allow the airlines to increase market shares at each other 's expense ( rather than maintaining a rigid fifty/fifty split ) and will allow other airlines ( both from the bilateral partners and from other states ) to ply for trade on particular routes . |
| 13 | Their research produced statistical evidence of the way in which TV news systematically favoured certain points of view of current events , rather than maintaining the balance that was claimed ( Glasgow University Media Group 1976 ; see also Glasgow University Media Group 1985 ) . |
| 14 | Well I , I , I , I think that you 've got to move in that direction rather than maintaining the status quo . |
| 15 | This is due to the seasonal nature of so much agricultural work , which makes it cheaper for the company to employ labourers during the planting or harvesting rather than maintain a labour force throughout the year . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The response of cattle owners was to increase the total numbers in their herd , rather than to maintain a smaller herd with lower mortality levels . |
| 18 | Warlock 's Serenade , where the composer rather borrows something of Delius 's style in act of homage , is a difficult piece to bring off , but Falkowski conducts watchfully and sensitively while maintaining a steady but flexible pulse . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Hickson take pride in their ability to solve technical problems quickly while maintaining the highest safety standards . |
| 21 | As well as maintaining a good posture , women were expected to move with grace , which was the principal reason for dancing lessons A woman attempting to achieve this ideal of beauty needed to spend a great deal of money , and so labouring class women were automatically excluded , even if they were possessed of ‘ natural ’ beauty . |
| 22 | The engineers plan and supervise the construction of new facilities as well as maintaining the electrical , electronic , mechanical and civil parts of our operation . |