Sentence examples for once maintained that from inspiring English sources

Someone once maintained that America has created two great art forms, jazz and animated film.

After criticism provoked by his passion for tennis, he once maintained that his detractors weren't biased because of his race but were expressing another prejudice altogether.

Fortunately it was not cold and there was virtually no wind, so the discomfort wasn't that great – the Guardian's late great Harry Griffin always maintained that, once you're wet, you can't get any wetter, so you might as well strip off and have a swim, but this might have raised Scottish eyebrows and isn't especially practical (or comfortable) when you're lugging an 8 kg rucksack, anyway.

Once becoming classified as AR, most mice maintained that status throughout their lifetime.

You can no longer eat the way you once did and maintain that same body weight.

Once these genes neither enhance nor hinder the organism's survival, the forces of natural selection that once maintained those genes in good working order no longer operate (Nei 2005).

In other words, I would prefer her to act more honorably in the presentation of her views, and not obediently hide behind the private parlor of her editorial section, and present, in news columns, a more balanced, more deferential and civilized, less vitriolic and cocksure journalistic presentation; a stance that she had once maintained and guarded with great courage and commitment.

The real difficulty lies in maintaining that infrastructure once it is built.

Whereas it could once be maintained that the law forbids whatever it does not permit, it is now generally accepted at least wherever Western liberalism is in the ascendancy that one may do whatever is not forbidden by law.

He could have, once again, maintained that he did not use the term 'pleb', pointed out that a total of seven police officers were facing disciplinary action of one kind or another, and suggested that voters make up their own mind as to who was telling the truth.

Yet once it was done, Bishop had nothing left to defend against her loss, no way of maintaining that distance.