Example sentences of "[not/n't] to maintain " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they met under similar circumstances five years ago , to debate the same contentious issue , of whether or not to maintain playing links with South Africa , there was overwhelming support for the Springboks . |
| 2 | The point of this argument is not to maintain that there would be no practical problems , but to demonstrate that there are weighty issues of principle on both sides . |
| 3 | It is not to maintain the pretence that there is no autocue ; it is because continuous looking at the camera apparently produces a disconcerting ‘ super-stare ’ of hostility . |
| 4 | They emerged as the early leaders of the still embryonic search industry , but were not to maintain this dominance for very long . |
| 5 | In essence this appeared to reverse the commitment not to maintain land , sea or air forces , but as the stress was placed on self-defence the SDK was said not to contradict the spirit as opposed to the letter of the constitution . |
| 6 | It is important to allow birth parents ' to express their feelings and not to maintain a ‘ conspiracy of silence ’ because it is a difficult situation . |
| 7 | Furthermore , they tend not to maintain a clear distinction between the speaker 's intended meaning on the one hand , and the message used to convey that meaning to a listener on the other . |
| 8 | On June 3 Russian Defence Minister Gen. Pavel Grachev had threatened not to maintain military neutrality if Moldova were to begin combat actions against the 14th Army . |