Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Keeping a car fully maintained at your local cost-a-lot garage can work out at a small fortune — and it never ends . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | For Charles and his contemporaries , the forests were a resource , in part artificially maintained , and certainly systematically exploited . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Mr Sloan 's QC also maintained that the ‘ fairly horrific publicity ’ and local hostility in Orkney might not only affect the children . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ] . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Was the momentum of the activity effectively maintained ? 4 . |
| 13 | The fact that most trust income is subject to deduction of Income Tax at the source has probably obscured the speciality which attaches to the representative character of trustees as payers of Income Tax ; but if the proposition now maintained for the trustees is a sound one it is incomprehensible that it should never have been advanced with regard to the very large sums of trust income which do not , and never can , reach the hands of an income-beneficiary . |
| 14 | My mother always maintained that the first words I said were " Go yay , " which meant " Go away " and showed an independent spirit . |
| 15 | Offering extra payment for good performance , and " fines " for missed signals in a vigilance task similarly maintained performance after one night 's sleep loss at normal levels . |