Sentence examples for maintained existing from inspiring English sources

Rather than increasing output per worker, many companies maintained existing output and raised the productivity growth rate by getting rid of workers.

In draft policy documents prepared ahead of the UN meeting in New York, leaders from select countries in Vienna largely maintained existing international drug control regimes.

They included Jarrod Bleijie, who as former attorney general was the architect of controversial measures that maintained existing legal protections for same-sex partners but reduced their status to "registered relationships".

The shadow health minister, Catherine King, said: "Given, by the minister's [Ley] own admission, that this measure not only maintained existing bulk-billing rates, but saw them increase, Labor's incentive has done exactly what it was designed to do".

But the work of maintaining existing ballets never ends.

Many hospitals, struggling to maintain existing patient care, just cannot afford this investment right now.

Even more egregious than the lack of new investment is our failure to maintain existing infrastructure.

has not entered into force, we urge all states to maintain existing moratoria on nuclear testing".

Smith also attacked the failure of ministers to restore funding to maintain existing defences.

This may be less than is needed just to maintain existing services, let alone extend them.

He added that the government would also protect the budget used to maintain existing flood defences.