Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] maintain " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relate ( formerly Marriage Guidance ) , is a voluntary organization with a national council , coordinating the activities of local councils , which aims to promote successful marriage and parenthood and thereby helps to maintain family welfare by improving marital relationships . |
| 2 | Recent scientific research has shown that Equi-Strath , a herbal food preparation will help maintain the body 's immune defence system and thereby help maintain vitality and assist the performance of the working horse . |
| 3 | The reason was that they could not resolve ambiguity between competing lexical interpretations on a word-by-word basis , and so had to maintain possible interpretations in a representation that was separate from the lexicon . |
| 4 | Water imparts turgor to cells and tissues and so helps to maintain the shape of an organism . |
| 5 | There is evidence that ions and electrons are exchanged between Io and the Jovian atmosphere , constituting massive electric currents that could help heat Io and thus help maintain its volcanic activity . |
| 6 | Although when riled you dig in your heels and refuse to budge , on the whole you prefer a strife- free life and usually manage to maintain the status quo . |
| 7 | He felt that the Eastern District , serving a widely-scattered , largely-rural population , working generally in co-operation rather than competition with Cambridge University Extra-Mural Board , and always seeking to maintain high standards , had nothing to fear from the amendment of grant regulations proposed in Recommendation 6 , an amendment which took into account quality of work , the needs of the region as a whole and the provision made by other interested bodies . |
| 8 | ‘ Sterilising ’ sinks : These are heated sinks usually in combination with a washing sink and thermostatically controlled to maintain a temperature of at least 82°C . |
| 9 | for a period of five or ten years and lease it off them and then have to maintain it . |
| 10 | If children can find no difference in meaning between such pairs , and yet wish to maintain the principle of Contrast , they must eliminate one member of the pair . |
| 11 | It is a town that has changed subtly with the subtly changing times and yet has maintained a distinct identity and a strange diversity of atmospheres , steeped in interest and beckoning to times ancient . |