The phrase "maintain the practice" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to continuing to do something that is already in practice. For example, "We have implemented an effective recycling system in the office and we must maintain the practice to protect the environment."
Our H.M.O. and others maintain the practice of personalized care in individual practitioners' offices.
Officials there said they would maintain the practice, however, until the state told them to change it.
The congregation recently voted to maintain the practice of not using musical instruments during worship, which allows us to enjoy the music as it has been sung for centuries.
The hodgepodge of old oak casks, some of which predate Mr. Travers's arrival at Mayacamas, will stay, and Mr. Erickson will maintain the practice of aging the wine three years in barrels and two in bottles before selling.
Over the next three years Flavorpill would maintain the practice of selling each issue exclusively to one advertiser — companies like Nokia, BMW, Anheuser-Busch — but the rates would rise to $18,000 per issue, about 7 to 10 times the cost of an ad on a mainstream portal like Yahoo.
The new rule does not, however, mandate that restaurants remove auto-gratuities, which is a saving grace for the IRS' public perception, because it is merely making it more costly for the restaurant owner to maintain the practice.
It's a conscious decision to choose happiness and maintain the practices that align you with your best self.
"The Supreme Court had maintained the practice of judging Mexicans on Mexican territory," she said.
Thank goodness that at least one American company maintains the practice.
John Ashcroft has maintained the practice of morning prayer his whole life, and after becoming Attorney General he began holding morning devotional sessions in his office; the meetings were nominally nondenominational, but they attracted some controversy.
As it has grown — through a series of mergers and acquisitions — into AB InBev, the largest and most profitable beer-maker in the world, the company has maintained the practice of making employees' goals public.
