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The phrase "and then he maintained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where someone continues to assert or uphold a particular statement or belief after a previous discussion or event.
Example: "After the debate, he was still convinced of his position, and then he maintained that his argument was the most valid."
Alternatives: "and then he asserted" or "and then he claimed".
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He predicted that a new jury would be needed along with a re-presentation of the facts of conviction and then, he maintained, a circuslike effort by the defense to retry the entire case.
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But until then, he maintains his title and much of his authority.
Then he maintains his poll numbers and wins a bunch of primaries.
"We try to get the local economy and the environment in balance but things are massively swayed to the environment side," he says.The planning system causes confrontation because conservation bodies do not negotiate with developers to resolve objections at the start of the process, but wait until a scheme is proposed and then object, he maintains.
Since then, he has maintained and extended his interest, without apparent political cost.
If both the pro- and anti-gun factions today would accept this rights-and-responsibilities perspective, he maintains, then we could move beyond "stalemated" politics and take steps to reduce the rampage shootings, gang wars and other deadly incidents that impose such a great toll on our nation — a toll made all too vivid by the massacre of young children in Newtown, Conn .on Dec. 14.
But Mr. Kerry nevertheless came into his convention with a lead, and he maintained it — then he lost the popular vote by about two points instead.
First in an interview with investigators, and then in a formal deposition, he maintained that he bought the call options based on his own research that led to an "intuition" about the Potash Corporation as a good investment opportunity.
He received a degree from the Royal Danish Academy of Arts in 1995, after having moved in 1993 to Cologne for a year, and then to Berlin, where he maintains a well-staffed studio that is part laboratory and part factory.
Then, when he got there, he maintained.
Cells were pelleted at 400 × g for 20 min, and then maintained at 37 °C.
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