Example sentences of "[coord] maintaining [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The culmination of abolition in 1806 and 1807 was much less marked by local committee activity and the African Institution did not expend great efforts on recreating or maintaining a national network of local groups . |
| 2 | Thus , the issue arose between redistributing work to the inexperienced solicitor or maintaining the experienced trial advocate , the ‘ Baron ’ , who was already in the dominant role . |
| 3 | Dearlove considers the whole pressure for increased scale simply as a cover for regaining or maintaining the influential position of business interests in local government ( Dearlove 1979 ) . |
| 4 | Looking after the customer is , therefore , very important ; a lot depends on building and maintaining a good relationship with your customers . |
| 5 | Checking a positive climb and flicking up the quick-retracting gear I concentrated on the slow process of building speed , getting the flaps in at 130 and maintaining a gentle increase in height with steady acceleration to 170 knots , when the nose can be raised for 3,000 fpm to show on the VSI as she really starts to go . |
| 6 | OPEC succeeded in imposing and maintaining a major increase : oil prices quadrupled during the winter of 1973–4 , raising the oil producers ' annual revenue by around $64 billion . |
| 7 | They point to what they see as the devastating effect of the Exchange Rate Mechanism on keeping interest rates high and maintaining a debt-driven recession . |
| 8 | Reciprocating coalitions are an important feature of these multi-male groups and particular friends at the top of the hierarchy can effectively ‘ police ’ the unit , reducing the frequency of quarrels and maintaining a low level of disturbance of pregnant and lactating females . |
| 9 | John Bowlby , the man who pioneered what has become known as ‘ attachment theory ’ , drew a military analogy to underline the importance of establishing and maintaining a secure base in handling unfamiliar and threatening situations : |
| 10 | Amongst the disincentives to compiling and maintaining a special classification scheme can be numbered the following : |
| 11 | One highly important way in which capital gains an advantage in this conflict is , they claim , through capital establishing and maintaining a dominant ideology which legitimates the status quo . |
| 12 | and perhaps rationalising a certain tier , keeping the teachers and assistants who are actually in the schools as our top priority and maintaining a careful balance between schools with very high needs and schools with isolated children who are actually even more in need of support and know how . |
| 13 | The Turbary Road continues the fell road as a cart track free of constricting walls and maintaining a level contour with an uninterrupted view ahead . |
| 14 | They were there to assist the papacy in its work of extending the Christian religion and maintaining a just society . |
| 15 | The attacker assumes a fighting stance , in this case a back stance , leading with the left leg and maintaining a left hand forearm guard . |
| 16 | And to what extent will top management have to accept as its top priority making and maintaining a common vision across professional specialties ? |
| 17 | It could also be argued that the costs involved in installing and maintaining a marginal costing system is less costly vis-a-vis full costing system . |
| 18 | An influential report by Professor Jurg Niehans in February 1981 argued that monetary policy was in fact excessively tight because the high interest rates were attracting foreign money to London and maintaining a high pound . |
| 19 | The boundary-maintaining function , as stated by Erikson , says that crime and the response it evokes provide the essential function of defining and maintaining the moral boundaries of society . |
| 20 | Accordingly , provision should be made for the expenses of cleaning and maintaining the sanitary facilities . |
| 21 | Hopefully , this car will be the first of the Centenary class , replacing the OMOs , and maintaining the regular service for many years to come ! |
| 22 | The financial benefits gained in terms of productivity and maintaining an occupational income by returning to work are clear . |
| 23 | An important feature of contemporary society is the social desirability of creating and maintaining an independent household . |
| 24 | This means that a policy of increasing government spending but maintaining a balanced budget will have a net expansionary effect on the economy . |
| 25 | Lucy Jackson pioneered our answer after painstaking hours of study , blood , sweat and tears and disillusion — a FASTER FITNESS programme based on the ‘ follow me ’ principle , but maintaining the underlying basics of Medau movement , including a slower rate of floor work to balance the more active elements . |