Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] [be] maintain " in BNC.

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1 Using this approach it is not necessary to resolve alternative interpretations immediately — they may instead be maintained until their combination with other constraints produces in a single interpretation .
2 The more fundamental point about exchange rates is that they should not be maintained at artificial levels as is certainly the case at present , when sterling has to be supported by 14 per cent interest rates .
3 Thus he says that many varieties of domesticated species , fancy pigeon breeds for example , are monstrous not adaptive ; they can only be maintained by artificial feeding and breeding , including selective breeding ; they are quite unlike wild , natural and adaptive varieties and even more unlike wild species .
4 It might also be maintained that the elasticity of the concept of Satya in Indian philosophical thought may well account for these apparent contradictions .
5 And it will not be maintained really unless that sort of effort is put in throughout the year .
6 Such provisions do not render the severance of the union politically impossible ; indeed , as a matter of politics , as opposed to law , it can not be maintained against the will of either party that it be dissolved .
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