Sentence examples for maintaining a place from inspiring English sources

He is guardedly hopeful that change is coming – and is sure it has to "if the Church of England has any hope of maintaining a place as the semi-official conscience of the nation".

Through meticulous research into rarely consulted Syriac and Arabic sources, Weitz traces the ways in which Syriac Christians strove to identify themselves as a community apart while still maintaining a place in the Islamic social order.

This, however, does not include all the private fears and suffering and the contributing extra stress in cases of mental illness, that go into maintaining a place in what we are maybe sometimes excused in thinking is nothing so much as an opulent playpen.

The Use Tax Act (sec. 6, St.Cal.1937, p. 1938) directs retailers maintaining a place of business in the state, and making sales of tangible personal property for storage, use or other consumption therein, to collect from the purchaser the tax imposed.

"They may have been able to charge my client with other things, but not maintaining a place of prostitution".

By maintaining a place on the floor that promotes proper posture, you can create a healthy habit of avoiding positions that do not serve your practice.

But the Met is and always will be an amplification-free zone, the company maintains, a place where opera can be experienced the traditional way — with natural sound.

For Clint Dempsey, arguably America's best player at 29, it is still a huge challenge to maintain a place in the Tottenham Hotspur lineup in London.

But for CMJ, which was founded in 1978 as a trade publication for college radio and has struggled to maintain a place in a fast-changing business, the lawsuit could be a substantial blow.

Today, in spite of technological advancement and competition from metals, plastics, cement, and other materials, wood maintains a place in most of its traditional roles, and its serviceability is expanding through new uses.

Mr. Pedraza said one common cause of second-home misery was that owners failed to factor in how much time and money were needed to maintain a place from hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away.