Example sentences of "[noun] be to maintain [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some 25 years it has been recognised that the overall settlement system is antiquated in comparison with that of other major financial centres and that , if The Exchange is to maintain and enhance its position as one of the World 's major international exchanges , further and more radical reforms are needed . |
| 2 | To state that gender difference can be and is being maintained through cross-dressing and inversion is to maintain or imply the crucial claim even while apparently surrendering it : the difference in question is capable of working in terms of custom and culture ( and is thereby contestable ) rather than nature and divine law ( which are immutable ) . |
| 3 | This is not surprising , for the job of the liberal state was to maintain and promote the liberal society , which was not essentially a democratic or an equal society . |
| 4 | Establishing these aspects initially is difficult enough , but the real headache is to maintain and apply them continuously throughout the various iterations of a changing design . |
| 5 | AEA believes , therefore , that there is much to be gained from the coherence of its business units and that an important part of its task is to maintain and develop such coherence in the future . |