Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] maintain [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not maintain I am even necessarily right . |
| 2 | I have successfully maintained them in hard water , with a pH of 7.8 , but try to keep a neutral pH of 7.0 , for best results . |
| 3 | I have always maintained you should do the things in life that are most difficult . |
| 4 | This restrained aloofness has had its drawbacks : it has given the bellicose idealists of the Left freedom to ride roughshod with impunity over institutions which have hitherto maintained our nation as civilised and admirable . |
| 5 | There , we believe , are constructed fragments of society the reality of which is unquestioned by the children who are its constructors and who know how to maintain it . |
| 6 | There is a law in physics , identified by Isaac Newton , which says in essence that everything falls apart without energy : if you do not maintain your house , it will fall down ; if you do not look after your business , it will fall apart . |
| 7 | Now Gwynedd County Council have announced their intention to commission a comprehensive feasibility study into re-opening the whole line in conjunction with the 1964 Comp[any who have steadfastly maintained their stance of wanting to start reconstruction from the southern end where they are operating a three-quarter of a mile line along former British Rail land beside Porthmadog station . |
| 8 | How do you know they have n't maintained it ? |