Sentence examples for striving to maintain a from inspiring English sources

That was because central banks were striving to maintain a currency peg.

In a resonant baritone, he recites words about striving to maintain a personal equilibrium and to find a way forward.

To many, his attitude seemed not only anti-republican – which, considering his essentially home rule background, was to be expected – but anti-nationalist in any sense, and arguably his stance made things harder rather than easier for men such as John Hume, who was striving to maintain a moderately nationalist line, as an alternative to IRA violence.

As head of a committee widely recognized for striving to maintain a calm, nonpartisan approach to national security, Senator Levin said that he planned to "make sure that we look at the realities of a national missile defense, not just look at that one threat that has been focused on, the North Korea threat, or just the threat from ballistic missiles".

I struggle to give everyone a chance to speak, striving to maintain a respectful atmosphere.

Until now, I've been striving to maintain a boys-will-be-boys attitude up to a point: I mean, what do I know about middle school boys?

Rather, British commanders strove to maintain a distinctive British identity in what were essentially tactical operations.

Even as his voice and expression change from haughty to defiant to despairing, Mr. Firth's Bertie strives to maintain a lofty demeanor.

Such is Iraq today: a mesmerizing labyrinth of conflicting interests operating in something close to a void as American generals strive to maintain a minimum of order and a retired American general speaks of building a stable, democratic future.

During Mr. Long's first tenure as chairman and chief executive, from 1956 to 1965, Texaco strove to maintain a balance of the amount of oil it pumped out of the ground and the amount it refined for consumption.

Though it did not stint in its criticism, Mr Wright's book strove to maintain a non-judgmental tone; Mr Gibney has sought to emulate this in his documentary, for which the Church apparently refused to be interviewed".I really appreciated the idea that Larry didn't set out to write an exposé," says Mr Gibney.