Sentence examples for exploit and maintain from inspiring English sources

In the case of Iraq, the American goal has been to leave a stable and representative government, avoid a power vacuum that neighboring states and terrorists could exploit and maintain sufficient influence so that Iraq would be a partner or, at a minimum, not an opponent in the Middle East.

It should be enough of an advantage for online retailers that they don't need to spend on high-priced downtown storefronts, and that you can order items from them the instant your internet-browsing fingers conceive a velleity to own something; exploiting and maintaining anachronistic tax loopholes is uncalled for.

Because of the humidor, Rockies hitters are less focused on exploiting Coors, and maintain more consistent approaches for home and road games.

Antioxidants are widely used as ingredients in dietary supplements and are exploited to maintain health and prevent oxidative stress-mediated diseases such as cancer, atherosclerosis, diabetes, inflammation and ageing.

Some of the protagonists that have responded to my call are afraid, hidden in their bunkers of comfort, retaining a competitive advantage they legitimately exploit to maintain their lifestyles.

This in part follows the reasoning that cancer cells take advantage of the same robustness-enhancing mechanisms that normal cells exploit to maintain their physiological states.

A typical WMN consists of several nodes (routers and gateways) which exploit multihopping in order to build and maintain a wireless backhaul.

Exploiting yield potential and maintaining yield stability of crops in water-limited environments are urgent tasks that must be undertaken in order to guarantee food supply for the increasing world population.

It should be remembered that Russia has vast deposits of oil, gas, and other natural resources which it exploits to maintain its political and economic clout.

Dawkins [19] outlined this scenario, suggesting that a predator with a comparatively small impact on prey relative to more common predators may develop and maintain a strategy that exploits the prey's behavior - and by extension its nervous system [see also 20 for exploitive mimicry].

The Aboriginal peoples exploited the land efficiently by "firestick farming," the use of fire to regulate and maintain plant and animal food sources.