Sentence examples for first maintains from inspiring English sources

Through flashes of sarcasm and unexpected weeping – Paul at first maintains, to his intrusive sister, that his job is to "cash Dad's checks and spend the money on child sex labourers down at the shipyard" – a more banal truth emerges.

The first maintains that a realistic and an idealistic dimension coexist in variable dimensions in theoretical democratic models.

The first maintains the background model as the most conductive direction and forms a more resistive model (by a factor of α) for the orthogonal direction (type 1).

The first maintains that the two go together because rapid naming uses the same brain circuitry as reading.

The first maintains the order of the rRNA sequence in the rRNA gene and the intervening nucleotides in the gene are removed after they are transcribed.

Ms. Armstrong at first maintained that she was not familiar with the apartment complex.

When Saladin resumed war against the kingdom, Raymond at first maintained a separate truce.

First, maintaining the fiction that the Russian troops in South Ossetia were peacekeepers was risky under Yeltsin but quite insane under Putin.

Mr. McGreevey at first maintained that the cost of the trip amounted to $57,000 but later acknowledged that the cost was $70,000.

An effective strategy should be built around eight principles: First, maintain America's ability to strike Al Qaeda with surprise, speed and violence.

At first maintaining a good front, Penny breaks down: her brother Roger is arriving from upstate to go with her to a play written by their brother Tom.