Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [adv] maintain " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that flat-dwelling in the public sector has become a relatively stigmatised form of housing in this country means that women dependent on public sector housing are caught in a design ‘ Catch 22 ’ : deviance is punished with badly designed and poorly maintained housing ; conformity is rewarded with better standard living conditions that nevertheless tend to reproduce patriarchal power relations . |
| 2 | Since 1962 , Statham Lodge Hotel has been privately owned and therefore maintains unrivalled standards of personal service . |
| 3 | The chief purpose of this repatriation agreement was to ensure that " all Soviet citizens liberated by forces under British command and all British subjects liberated by forces under Soviet command " should " without delay after their tiberation " be separated and properly maintained " until they have been handed over to Soviet or British authority , as the case may be " . |
| 4 | I 've never been quite sure how external canister filters should be correctly packed and properly maintained . |
| 5 | It is essential that all equipment and instruments in use are inspected and regularly maintained , and effectively decontaminated after use . |
| 6 | Arriving at Treib those who wish to reach Seelisberg on foot rather than travel up by funicular will find the footpath to the village clearly marked and well maintained . |
| 7 | On each side of the road she caught glimpses of distinctive Queensland-style houses , these ones all large , carefully restored and lovingly maintained . |
| 8 | The UK exchange is a quote driven market-maker system with electronic trading , whereas many foreign exchanges are order driven and still maintain trading ‘ floors ’ , although again this is rapidly changing as a result of competition . |
| 9 | If a tree is pollarded and thereafter maintained at a much reduced height than before , it may no longer affect a nearby building . |
| 10 | But this was not before State subsidies , both direct and indirect , had first fuelled and then maintained a remarkable period of private development . |
| 11 | Many critics of the encouragement provided until recently by the UK 's investment grants system in LFAs argue that farmers have been converting increasing areas of moorland and roughland to grass leys ( attracting substantial grants and more HLCAs ) while neglecting pastures previously improved and not maintaining standards of husbandry and land management . |
| 12 | If teachers and the head are in the playground for five minutes or so before the bell and if parents know that they will be welcome in classrooms for ten minutes or so at the end of both morning and afternoon sessions then good routines will be established and easily maintained . |
| 13 | But they have never married and even maintain separate homes on opposite sides of New York 's Central Park . |