Sentence examples for figures to maintain from inspiring English sources

This time, as few as 8,082 people were opposed to extending civil partnerships; but since they constituted 76% of the respondents, the government used these figures to maintain their position.

The report stated that Gen. William Westmoreland had inflated enemy casualty figures to maintain support for the unpopular war.

They are also frequently used for either aspiring presidential candidates to form a campaign-like structure before announcing a run, or for political figures to maintain their influence.

We have not marked the scale in this figure to maintain uniformity with other figures.

A battle of wills takes place as the two shady figures try to maintain their hold on this wealthy patron.

A substantial decline in risk-adjusted operative time was observed over the course of surgeon's career, resulting in a concave-shaped performance curve (p<0.0001, figure 1; to maintain anonymity, the number of years of experience has been removed from the x axis of all figures).

From Figure 7, to maintain PSNRY around 0.3 dB, the generic algorithm must at least use the fixed 16 : 12 subsample ratio to meet the target, but the proposed algorithm can adaptively use lower subsample ratio to save power dissipation while the degradation goal is met.

He's been described as an almost Victorian figure, straining to maintain the lifestyle he prefers while the world changes around him.

A schematic representation of the organizational structure of CAMS and list of performance sites is presented in Figure 2. To maintain reasonably good balance among the four treatment groups, participants were randomized using a stratified block randomization procedure.

An establishment figure devoted to maintaining the image of the Kennedys, and no friend to the conspiracy theorists, Schlesinger made plain that the Kennedys really did believe themselves to be subject to a hostile alliance of the military and the C.I.A., largely outside their direct control.

"You have a lot of people sitting at the bargaining table trying to figure out how to maintain health benefits within the revenue framework the city faces".