Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] maintained " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ventilators are often blocked and air-conditioning badly maintained and operated . |
| 2 | The ‘ if you ca n't measure it , it does n't exist ’ brigade long maintained that they did n't , as long as they were of good enough quality , but the generally accepted view among the hi-fi fraternity is that they do , and that different pieces of gear respond differently to different bits of wire ( and indeed to different plugs ! ) . |
| 3 | Henry Cotton always maintained that the turning point in his own career was his sojourn in America in the company of Tommy Armour . |
| 4 | They had been having sexual intercourse about three times a day , every day , for the last six weeks , but Maisie still maintained that Robert was faking it . |
| 5 | It is certainly not without significance that the Association always maintained a link with the new youth movement by aligning itself with the Boys ' Brigade and playing an active role in the formation of the Scouts . |
| 6 | Lord Gnome had returned to Branson intermittently over the years , christening him ‘ a reptilian little shit ’ in stories which Branson always maintained were ‘ inaccuracies ’ . |
| 7 | One Soviet specialist on Afghanistan reputedly maintained that ‘ the option of ‘ Finlandisation ’ is still possible' and ‘ it is to be preferred ’ , but ‘ if the Geneva negotiations are obstructed , then Soviet policy will be one of ‘ Mongolization ’ ’ . |
| 8 | Keeping a car fully maintained at your local cost-a-lot garage can work out at a small fortune — and it never ends . |
| 9 | The traditional areas still maintained fortunately , cos it did n't affect the knitted outer-wear at this stage , so all the areas we talked about in the north of Yorkshire moor and Scotland , fortunately there 's more of a skill to maintain there . |
| 10 | Irish Justice Minister Maire Geoghegan-Quinn and Stormont 's Security Minister Sir John Wheeler both maintained that RUC-Garda co-operation had never been higher . |
| 11 | The small , but dedicated team of workers fulfilled this vital stage of the reconstruction with a bare minimum of equipment yet maintained professional standards , symbolising their determination to restore 4247 to GWR specification . |
| 12 | On the facts before them , and contrary to what the defendants actually maintained , their purpose did not include the desire to protect property as required by the section . |
| 13 | Unfortunately for Carrick he was quickly reduced to the rank of a ‘ common gauger ’ when an anonymous letter was received by the Board of Commissioners advising them that all of the excise supervisors in Scotland systematically maintained false diaries allegedly recording their activities . |
| 14 | Finch always maintained that he was never a hellraiser and that his image was wishful publicity by the press . |
| 15 | For Charles and his contemporaries , the forests were a resource , in part artificially maintained , and certainly systematically exploited . |
| 16 | Barnes president Richard H. Glanton additionally maintained that , for logistical reasons , the tour had to begin as soon as possible . |
| 17 | None of these early productions had a great deal to recommend them artistically , but Steen always maintained that success must be measured by public reaction alone . |
| 18 | NBC 's decision , which contravened the code of anonymity usually maintained in regard to victims in cases of sexual assault , was justified on the grounds that her identity was already widely known in the Palm Beach area . |
| 19 | Mr Sloan 's QC also maintained that the ‘ fairly horrific publicity ’ and local hostility in Orkney might not only affect the children . |
| 20 | Such a register carefully maintained in a builder 's organisation will within a few years provide a detailed and comprehensive list of the majority of the subcontract labour available in an area , with consequent improvement in efficiency in locating a suitable work-force . |
| 21 | Closet federal Europeans earlier maintained that the EC was merely a gigantic free trade area ; now they boldly affirm that political and monetary union were always at the heart of the treaty of Rome . |
| 22 | Ebussu'ud Efendi fixed the interval at which this Investiture of students as mulazims , called a might take place , namely once in seven years , though this interval was by no means always maintained in later times . |
| 23 | De Klerk previously maintained that covert government support for the organization ended in March 1990 . |
| 24 | Hopkins always maintained that work with men was her favourite form of campaigning . |
| 25 | US military analysts noted that although the Soviet Union still maintained a considerable military presence at Cam Ranh Bay , with up to 20 warships and support vessels based there , the ultimate significance of its proposed reduction would depend on the results of forthcoming negotiations over US bases in the Philippines [ see p. 36428 ] . |
| 26 | The Sumerians certainly maintained trade contacts with India , as we know from the testimony of seal-stones . |
| 27 | And despite Bayfield 's withdrawal , Northampton also maintained a 100 per cent record with a 21-17 win over Saracens . |
| 28 | The Spanish police also maintained that they had kept the suspected terrorists ' movements under close surveillance and maintained a constant flow of information on them to British officials in Gibraltar . |
| 29 | Second , the occurrence of a strong global correlation between GNP and temperature does not necessarily mean that a cooler , more seasonal climate inherently favours socio-economic development ; it is arguable that such a relationship could be a fortuitous consequence of the high-latitude origins of modern industrialization , with that situation subsequently maintained by political and financial structures that have generally been disadvantageous to tropical nations . |
| 30 | The conversation , in which neither Stephen nor Dadda took part , then turned upon whether " danger list " was merely a figurative term or if hospitals actually maintained such ominous catalogues . |