Sentence examples for maintain fighting from inspiring English sources

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has sought to contain the budget-cutting demands by showing Congress and the White House that he can squeeze more efficiency from the Pentagon's bureaucracy and weapons programs and use the savings to maintain fighting forces.

It's an edge we need to keep fighting to maintain.

My grandma's struggles, both big and small, are testaments to the hard work of past feminists and reminders of why today's women must keep fighting to maintain our rights.

Like Baitullah Mehsud and Nek Mohammad before him, he always maintained he would keep fighting until Sharia law was imposed - not just in the border areas near Afghanistan, but across Pakistan.

"I think that what is going to happen over the next few weeks amongst the top group is going to be very interesting and for us it is about keep fighting and maintaining as big a gap as we can.

She works out with a trainer to maintain her fighting form and fantasizes about "coming back in the next life as a litigator, because I'm good at it".

Maintaining a fighting bull still requires some means.

Initial efforts to contain the fire were hampered by a lack of organisation and poorly maintained fire fighting equipment at the terminal.

The French officers had difficulties in maintaining the fighting zeal of their soldiers, who for example had become excited at the (false) news that an imminent march on Athens would take place.

As for deterrence, it should be obvious by now that those of us who always maintained that fighting a conventional war with bombers and ground troops does nothing to deter individual terrorist acts were right.

The N.H.L. has said no link between fighting and brain trauma has been proved, and players and league officials both maintain that fighting is an integral part of the game.