Example sentences of "and [adv] maintain [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , people such as the Trobrianders of the Pacific , made famous by Malinowshi , spend a great deal of their energy producing goods of no practical value , mainly elaborate pieces of jewellery , for no other purpose than to exchange them with neighbours , and thereby maintain peaceful social relations . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The latter , based at Alderley Edge , in Cheshire , have operated almost independently of the rest of the group , and also maintain separate development and marketing teams abroad . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But they have never married and even maintain separate homes on opposite sides of New York 's Central Park . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Since 1962 , Statham Lodge Hotel has been privately owned and therefore maintains unrivalled standards of personal service . |