Sentence examples for except to maintain from inspiring English sources

The MPs who sit on the select committee on international development are, on the whole, friendly cheerleaders untouched by any real political pressure, except to maintain aid spending at 0.7%.

J.C. Penney refuses to comment except to maintain that it is happy with its data warehouses.

When contacted, Tok Tok Tok co-founder Serge Alleyne declined to offer further comment, citing a confidentiality agreement with the platform's acquirer, except to maintain that it was "great news" for the startup, which we'd heard was on its last legs for a while now.

Exceptionalizing the incidental information discovered through genetics has no rational basis except to maintain traditions that are becoming increasingly impractical as genomics medicine arrives.

God only sets the whole thing in motion at the start, and later does not interfere except to maintain the dynamical regularities of the mechanical behavior of bodies.

After all, if you close or pass your business on to a family member, the war zone will make no further demands on you except to maintain what you've accomplished until you leave.

The other candidates (except Ben Carson) tried to maintain a hygienic gap between themselves and Trump.

Individuals' rights of privacy shall not be violated without their consent except when necessary to maintain the functionality of shared services.

All week long, with Wall Street engulfed by what analysts are calling the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, President Bush had mostly stayed out of sight, except when trying to maintain the façade of business as usual.

All measures of cognitive flexibility improved in posttest except for failure to maintain set.

All measures in Wisconsin Card Sorting Test were improved in posttest, except for failure to maintain set (FMS).