Sentence examples for but instead to maintain from inspiring English sources

It is also possible that TRIM52 is under positive selection not because of antiviral activity but instead to maintain its interaction with a host target substrate that is also adaptively evolving.

When the war started, Lincoln was committed not to emancipation but instead to maintaining the Union, coercing those slaveholding states that had left the Union into rejoining it.

and instead to maintain them in a form that required large increases in spending.

If firms cannot raise output per hour they may well raise prices instead to maintain their profit margins.

Neither of those men, though, acted on the knowledge, choosing instead to maintain an unchanged relationship with the children.

Instead, to maintain lifetime employment, companies held down pay and benefits for existing employees and stopped hiring new graduates.

Many conservators no longer restore objects to approximate their original condition as fine arts museums do, preferring instead to maintain the way they looked when acquired.

Yarns drawn from cellular networks are shown instead to maintain high porosity, even with enhanced polymeric friction.

Instead, to maintain deniability, he would pass it to Sa, or another fellow journalist.

There was reluctance by some patients to relinquish roles, preferring instead to maintain independence despite requiring assistance.

Therefore, we do not overestimate the value of quantifying and calculating with metrics, but instead seek to maintain a balanced approach.