6 sentences with 'maintaining'
Example sentences and phrases with the word maintaining and other words derived from it.
• « Darwin was once criticized for maintaining that man evolved from the monkey, but when scientists compare our dna series, letter by letter, with those of a chimpanzee, the resemblance is striking: the dna appears to be more than 98 percent the same. In the flesh, however, we are quite different. »
• « They were so preoccupied with maintaining control of territories that they were hesitant to participate in military campaigns of any kind, and therefore rarely engaged in battles against other polis before the outbreak of war against Athens in the 4th century BC. »
• « In short, the Greek obsession with maintaining not only a strict sexual hierarchy, but an attempt to socially separate men and women that reached its zenith in classical Athens, was greatly loosened in the Hellenistic era. »
• « Caesar himself was a brilliant general and a shrewd politician; he was adept at maintaining the appearance of loyalty to Rome's ancient institutions while seizing opportunities to advance and enrich himself and his family. »
• « The two main rivers, the Rhine and the Danube, were the main dividing lines north of Rome, with Roman legions maintaining permanent fortifications there. »
• « Absolutism contrasted with medieval and Renaissance-era forms of monarchy in which the king was simply first among equals, maintaining a formal feudal authority over his elite nobles, but often being merely their equal, or even inferior, in terms of royal authority and power. »