Example sentences of "maintenance [prep] [art] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this conduces powerfully to the maintenance of the status quo . |
| 2 | The real issues are never discussed , nor do they have to be , for established patterns of family behaviour eventually ensure the maintenance of the status quo , albeit an uncomfortable and unhappy one . |
| 3 | I told myself that my intention was maintenance of the status quo , but this was at best a half-truth . |
| 4 | Their philosophical idealism was at once a retreat from the material world of unruly mobs and declining privilege and a programme for maintaining their position while accommodating some change : ‘ Socratic political thought was an intellectually sophisticated and ingenious justification for counter-revolution in democracy and the maintenance of the status quo in oligarchy ’ ( ibid. p. 4 ) . |
| 5 | By this we mean the maintenance of the status quo as a conscious policy based upon a set of values which are promoted by or embodied in the status quo . |
| 6 | The maintenance of the status quo by default ; that is to say through apathy , impotence or ignorance . |
| 7 | Further , once women get themselves into the position of dependent housewives , they have a vested interest in the maintenance of the status quo since it is too late in their lives to think of independent careers , and sexual freedom merely means the freedom for their husbands to seek younger women . |
| 8 | Prerequisite 3 : conditions that preclude maintenance of the status quo |
| 9 | This adds a form of complexity that greatly enhances the significance of negotiations between civil servants , and the related tendency for the maintenance of the status quo . |
| 10 | On average over 78 per cent supported the maintenance of the status quo , although the number of votes in favour varied from 29 to 95 per cent , depending on the nationality of the voters in different areas . |
| 11 | He affirmed that he would continue to work for the maintenance of the status quo , but he felt that the Great Powers could no longer avoid discussing the international consequences which would ensue when Turkey fell . |
| 12 | The Council of Mortgage Lenders , in line with the majority of respondents in the ‘ other ’ category , supported the maintenance of the status quo as expressed in the question . |