Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] maintain " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in both countries , the creative arts also maintain a distinct existence under the headings of Kunst , lettres and beaux-arts . |
| 2 | In the case of the simple potential divider depicted in figure 8.2(c) , the requirement of unaltered loading on insertion between a source and load resistance R L demands that But the attenuation is or through condition ( 8.4 ) From equations ( 8.4 ) and ( 8.5 ) it follows that to implement attenuation A through a simple potential divider without altering the loading of the source , the values of resistances R 1 and R 2 must be Notice that to provide variable attenuation yet maintain unaltered loading , that is , input resistance equal to load resistance , both resistances R 1 and R 2 must be adjusted in such a way as to comply with equations ( 8.6 ) . |
| 3 | A snag with the T attenuator is that three resistors need to be adjusted to vary the attenuation yet maintain the input resistance equal to the load resistance . |
| 4 | Five countries currently maintain national quotas on imports of Japanese cars -France , Italy , Spain , Portugal and the UK . |
| 5 | ‘ The small clubs deliberately maintain bad pitches to bring the big clubs down to their level , ’ said Gilmar . |
| 6 | The banks generally maintain large excess reserves with consequent loss of potential profits . |
| 7 | However , large French banks still maintain an overseas presence in many of France 's former colonial possessions . |
| 8 | Some Counts also maintain their own artillery trains and most large cities have cannons to defend their walls . |
| 9 | Managers still maintain the ‘ negative stance ’ they have held on American equities since September . |
| 10 | Careers Officers also maintain contact with young people when they have left school in order to ensure that they have access to appropriate support , until they are permanently placed in work . |
| 11 | Traditional producers proudly maintain their commitment to traditional methods and whole hops . |
| 12 | In this scenario , no benefit is conferred that could trigger a Schedule E liability under s80 ; the managers either maintain their maximum share of Newco or lose something . |
| 13 | Critics also maintain that the government started appointing as Chairman and members of the Council people who were politically sympathetic to the Conservative cause . |
| 14 | Most black elders in Britain today maintain themselves either on the level of income support rates or below the poverty level . |
| 15 | Could a reforming East Berlin government then maintain a shoot-to-kill policy on the Wall ? |
| 16 | Warm-blooded animals the world over maintain a high and constant core temperature . |
| 17 | The writings of the rabbis repeatedly maintain that the Holy spirit departed from Israel after the last of the prophets , Haggai , Zechariah and Malachi ( e.g. T. Sota 13:2 ) . |
| 18 | Others merely maintain the general atmosphere of menace and despair , while giving shape to a scene which could otherwise so easily have become itself rambling and melodramatic . |
| 19 | The name was intended as a tribute to Lord Beaverbrook , the politician and newspaper magnate , whose name was synonymous with trust , a quality Beaverbrooks still maintain as one of their principal values , together with their ever present high quality and good service . |
| 20 | According to these rates the best-fed people of the region live in Argentina , Costa Rica , Cuba , Mexico , Paraguay and Uruguay , while Bolivia and Haiti still maintain low levels of calorie intake . |
| 21 | The couple still maintain close links with local schools , where they spend hours researching , sketching and absorbing jokes . |
| 22 | Some small hotels still maintain a hotel register in either book form or ( Fig. 3.21 ) with loose leaves . |
| 23 | Soviet specialists also maintain that neutrality or neutralisation would anyway be a regression for a ‘ socialist ’ state such as Vietnam . |
| 24 | If six garages are now placed over the five cars on the top shelf ( leaving one garage empty ) , and four garages placed over the four cars on the bottom shelf ( all garages being full ) , then about one in three four-year-olds now maintain that the bottom shelf has more cars . |
| 25 | This implies that social and behavioural factors explain the failure of men to survive to later life but biological factors then maintain the mortality advantage of women in later life . |
| 26 | Followers of Gandhi explicitly maintain that he was essentially a practical man with no concern for metaphysics or philosophical speculation , yet it is clear that whenever he attempted to explain what he meant by Truth he was involved in metaphysical speculation whether he or his followers realized it or not . |
| 27 | The remaining arrangements of music by Borodin , Chopin , Rimsky , Liszt and Tchaikovsky hardly maintain this level of emotional charge , but if you want to stand any chance of getting to the end of your meal , that 's probably just as well ! |
| 28 | As we saw , this is the result of the fact that in human beings clearly-focused , specific sexual instincts have undergone a process of diffusion , displacement and generalization and have become associated rather more widely with the body and mind than may be true of other animals in whom these instincts still maintain a narrow and specialized role solely adapted to reproduction . |
| 29 | In general the Zande stoutly maintain that witches are conscious agents . |