Sentence examples for french maintain from inspiring English sources

The French maintain, for instance, certain Catholic public holidays, such as Ascension.

It's an ancient statute that, the French maintain, bars succession to the French throne to anyone whose title (like Henry's) was passed down through a female ancestor.

It took another 10 years of heavy politicking, and mobilisation of support from the Organisation of African Unity, before President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing recognised the advantage of conceding, with the important proviso, which Gouled was canny enough to accept, that the French maintain nearly 4,000 troops at the Djibouti naval base.

In reaction, Couturier continued, the French revolutionaries fought back against these masks and this hypocrisy – something that the French maintain today by expressing their emotions as truthfully as possible to avoid appearing inauthentic.

The French, maintaining they already had strong rules on the subject, predictably dismissed the issue.

When a new conflict broke out, King George's War (1744 48), the American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740 48), the French maintained their vital positions.

I have seen a copy of the letter, in which French maintains his position that Mahmood's previous evidence to the committee was questionable.

SRI-Rice provides technical backstopping and trainings, set up the monitoring and evaluation system, produces technical materials in English and French, maintains the SRI-WAAPP project website, with English and French versions, and facilitates a regional (public) Facebook page.

Although French maintained Britain's advantage heading into the changeover in the combined event, 21-year-old Evans stheggled in the second shooting phase which allowed Kinderis to move clear.

The British and French, under those circumstances, released Belgium from her Locarno obligations to render mutual assistance in the event of German aggression toward Poland, while the British and French maintained their military obligations to Belgium.

The relationship between the French and the Iroquois were strained long before the Lachine Massacre, as the French maintained relations with other tribes as well, both for trade and war alliances, such as the Abenaki.