This means losing positions can be maintained in the hopes they'll recover at some point.
We can extend patent protection on drugs so that profits can be maintained ad infinitum.
But there is a limit to how long such a crisis footing can be maintained, unless national survival is at stake.
With take-home pay also weak, it is a mystery how buying power in the lower two-thirds of the American economy can be maintained.
"Hertfordshire Police are underfunded yet still bring in marvellous results but we are not sure how long this can be maintained, " he said.
We are confident a steady downward trend can be maintained, given the many different initiatives being implemented to tackle this serious public health issue.
However, this advantage that interviews create can be maintained by allowing the interviewer a veto if they feel that a terrible mistake has been made.
By reducing exports, drawing from stocks and using paper credits accrued from exceeding mandates previously, ethanol supplies can be maintained while corn demand is cut.
Wall Street is priced as if these margins can be maintained.
Spending rising at the rate of population growth and inflation means the same amount of spending can be maintained per person in real terms over time.
It's a perennial problem for Earth observation missions - getting a timely sign-off from the politicians so that an enduring presence in orbit can be maintained.
"In order that unity can be maintained, I have decided that I will relinquish the office of speaker Sunday, June 21, " Martin told Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.
The theory being, if you cut enough deductions, the same level of net tax revenue can be maintained despite a nearly 20% drop in the top rate.
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The new monetary straitjacket can be maintained for a few months at most, if it is not to plunge Brazil into recession and its banks into insolvency.
It is entirely a function of an arbitrary budget "bogey" and a desperate, hasty effort to figure out how much can be maintained and acquired for that amount.
That, thanks to the surge in manpower, seems largely achieved in London, though how long the surge can be maintained at other forces' expense must be a question.
The current reluctance of mainstream politics to talk about these scenarios flies in the face of British opinion poll results suggesting a strong - even a majority - interest in leaving the EU if a close relationship can be maintained with Europe.
Hopefully, improvements can be maintained.
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But doctors know virtually nothing about how long such an effect can be maintained - or even whether the tumour can be harmed, and in Diane's case, despite repeated treatments, further scans do not show any shrinking of the tumour - in fact, it grows and spreads.
Reasonable prices for oil and gas can only be maintained if there is a plentiful supply.
But equally I consider that the counter view can be reasonably maintained.
With the use of privatized security services, a robust military capability can still be maintained by the U.N. peacekeeping force without the attendant political backlash caused by casualties to U.S. forces.
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Thus, how power can be obtained, maintained, and expanded is the dominant concern of key players in any political system.
However, it does so at a cost to recipients and the taxpayer that political leaders and economists agree can't be maintained as the Baby Boom generation reaches retirement age.
"Quite simply, New York's park system can't be maintained at the high level we've come to expect over the past two decades unless the Parks Department has sufficient staffing, " she said.
"It can be constantly inspected, maintained, repaired and most importantly operated manually without the use of robotics, " Mr. Noe said.
Its ratification depends on there being confidence that the US nuclear warhead stockpile can be safely and effectively maintained without test detonations.
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The momentum will be maintained if Japan can also sustain its own recovery.
Whether health care can really be enhanced, or even maintained, when money will be so tight seems a stretch.
To date, Israel has maintained that substantive discussions can only be conducted in direct negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian officials.
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