Sentence examples for less maintain from inspiring English sources

Then, no matter how much any corner is pushed, the frame will (more or less) maintain its square shape.

That would more or less maintain an even balance when judges sit, as they typically do, on three-judge panels.

Teams in the major sports seldom win back-to-back titles, much less maintain their dominance from one quadrennium to the next.

In addition, journalists and elected officials have pressed the bridge trust on financing: do they really have the money to build, much less maintain, the most expensive kind of park in the world – one over water?

"All we had was Seattle establishment politics, which people often refer to as 'Seattle nice', meaning we have a council entirely full of corporate politicians who give a little bit of progressive lip service here and there but more or less maintain the status quo of big developers and big corporations, like Amazon, taking away the lion's share of the wealth.

There may be trends over time with changes in nutrient intake, but the assumption was that participants will more or less maintain their intakes in rank order.

Carter, the Kent county council leader, said: "The more academies and free schools you operate, under the current academy funding arrangements, the less maintained schools would get".

It ricocheted in off Peter Crouch, who thereby more or less maintained his record of scoring in every FA Cup round this season.

But it does mark the end of the Pax Americana — the era in which the United States more or less maintained a monopoly on the use of military force.

About 17,000 cases a year (43%) could be prevented if people ate less meat and more fibre, drank less, maintained a healthy weight and kept active, the WCRF says.

The themes, motifs and symbols are all more or less maintained in translation, and dare I say The Trial or Crime and Punishment could be significantly more inspiring than Great Expectations or Pride and Prejudice.