Example sentences of "and [adv] maintain [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now an inspiring white-painted and immaculately maintained watermill nestles idyllically in wooden grounds and all is serenely reflected in the calm , cool mill pond . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ They were improvements designed to make the building 100pc perfect , but which we could take out to cut the £4.5m estimate back and still maintain safety , ’ said Mr Buxton . |
| 5 | ‘ We have got to get off to a good start and then maintain momentum , ’ said the 24-year-old Llewellyn . |
| 6 | The Foundation must aim to build up and then maintain energy and momentum by exploiting the moral authority of its position as insistent ‘ animateur ’ . |
| 7 | During the gold-rush of 1858 he moved boldly to close Fraser 's River to non-company trade , organized the policing of claims , assumed authority over the mainland , and sternly maintained law and order in the face of social upheaval . |
| 8 | 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 . |