Sentence examples for maintain surprise from inspiring English sources

To maintain surprise, no registration rounds were fired, the guns being laid solely by means of mathematical calculation and weather reports.

Each shot could last only as long as a film reel (about 11 minutes), and to maintain surprise and spontaneity, some scenes were filmed only once.

To maintain surprise, there was no preparatory bombardment; only a curtain of smoke was laid down before the tanks.

The plan called for the units to maintain strict radio silence and secrecy in order to maintain surprise.

To maintain surprise the attack would not be preceded by an artillery bombardment; but the previous day all the available Turkish artillery bombarded the ANZAC lines between 17:00 and midnight.

Enough parts were found to assemble one gun and have it ready for firing within two and a half hours of dropping, although to maintain surprise they did not carry out registration fire until morning.

I'm not sure how I'm going to maintain the surprise until his birthday.

"However, whilst we are determined to protect our intellectual property and maintain the surprise when a shiny new gadget is introduced, we are not going to do so at the expense of the working conditions we enjoy here at Nokia.

In order to maintain the surprise, Skanderbeg ordered his men to get ready for battle.

Marvel Studios's Kevin Feige subsequently had the scene removed from all preview prints in order to maintain the surprise and keep fans guessing.

We sincerely hope that fans of the show are cool with us gently lying to them, in an effort to maintain the surprise nuptials as much as we could.