Example sentences of "try maintain [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To defend one ‘ faith ’ is to deny another , and so the stake must have been all too easy a rendezvous for anyone who tried to maintain their integrity . |
| 2 | From this point of view the professional-managerial class are likely to try to maintain their position by forming themselves into professions . |
| 3 | Will they switch from to higher yielding shares to try to maintain their income ? |
| 4 | Creating links with the black community may not be easy , and some families will try to maintain their original form by blocking out positive responses from black people to the child and other members of the family . |
| 5 | For at least some people of the first generation , Creole has symbolic value as a language of black identity , and those individuals may try to maintain their " Caribbeanness " by keeping their speech as close to Creole as possible . |
| 6 | Consumers again will try to maintain their accustomed standard of living by reducing their spending along the consumption line SC 1 . |
| 7 | When that aim has been reached , the slimmer will abandon or moderate her strict dietary habits and try to maintain what she considers to be her ideal body weight . |
| 8 | I take care of myself , I eat sensibly , I try to maintain my face and body as best I can but I 'm not obsessive about it . |
| 9 | ‘ At times of recession , contractors are trying to maintain their market share and they do operate some contracts at a loss . ’ |
| 10 | Karen did , and I could quite understand her apprehension at the prospect of trying to maintain her rigid code of etiquette beneath the hot southern sun , in a festive holiday atmosphere , with both of us under the same roof twenty-four hours a day . |
| 11 | She quivered in his grasp , trying to maintain her air of sophistication as her voice dipped unsteadily . |
| 12 | A kestrel is even smaller than a barn owl — it may only weigh six to seven ounces , and could easily lose a quarter of an ounce overnight in cold weather because of the energy it uses up trying to maintain its body heat . |
| 13 | She was an only child of a single , unsupported mother who was trying to maintain them both by working full-time and also having an evening job three nights a week . |
| 14 | I look forward to the lessons and always feel better immediately , but the difficulty with me lies in trying to maintain my awareness between the lessons , but this is gradually becoming easier . |