Example sentences of "[noun sg] remained the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However the direct , positive pattern of England 's football remained the same . |
| 2 | In the 1940s and early 1950s football remained the ruling passion of working men without cars and televisions , whose world still revolved around the communal life of the works , the pub , and the match . |
| 3 | Yet friendship remained the only star to steer by . |
| 4 | In his address to more than 2,000 delegates , the King said that pluralism remained the only guarantee against dictatorship , adding that " there is not a single party that can claim to possess the truth " . |
| 5 | Why , then , has the body plan remained the same when the way of life has changed ? |
| 6 | This was particularly the case before World War I , but marriage remained the normative expectation of women of all classes to the end of the period . |
| 7 | This narrow Restoration orthodoxy remained the doctrinal and liturgical basis of the Anglican church for the next half-century , and the many hundreds of men and women who were unable to accept it were forced to leave the established church and join the ranks of the nonconformists . |
| 8 | In such areas as Latin America ( pp. 142–3 ) , Africa and Asia , competition with the Communist world to secure the dominant influence remained the chief consideration for Washington . |
| 9 | Certainly : yet behind that most immediate question remained the profounder one . |
| 10 | Our enthusiasm for getting afloat was an overriding factor — that part of the job remained the same and made up for a lot of hassle . |
| 11 | The Exeter canal remained the only one of its kind for almost two hundred years , until James Brindley made his first canal for the Duke of Bridgewater in 1760 . |
| 12 | As long as all of the parameters of the sub-domain remained the same , the functional calculation program would not be called . |
| 13 | But further west the picture remained the traditional one of short-lived Russian embassies whose maintenance by their hosts frequently led to embarrassing disputes . |
| 14 | In the presence of calmodulin , its K m increased to 33μM , but its Hill coefficient remained the same at 3.8 . |
| 15 | Only when every part of the grass verge around the body had been scoured , and the piece of turf actually under the body remained the last to be examined , would Dr Barnard allow human feet to walk on the ground to approach the body . |
| 16 | However , in Hopkins ' case the aim of reforming intervention remained the overt regulation of working-class behaviour , especially of working-class women . |
| 17 | But for many people , the Sunday-school outing remained the fondest memory of day-tripping and the station a vivid part of that memory . |
| 18 | The air and water temperature had risen since the early morning frost ; the water level and colour remained the same . |
| 19 | Levels for patients tested and then re-examined on a subsequent occasion remained the same . |
| 20 | National service remained the prime reason for coalition . |
| 21 | In 1987 Conservative ministers boasted of their success while still claiming that the conquest of inflation remained the first objective of policy . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , in the wake of the retreat of American power and the demise of SEATO neutralisation remained the regional strategic stance of Southeast Asia , if only because it was considered by the region to be the only plausible defence against becoming a Chinese sphere of influence . |
| 23 | And so by incessant exercise , her right foot grew larger and broader , while the other remained the same size , and at length she feared to go out in the streets at all , for fear of tripping and falling flat . |
| 24 | Other economic benefits of migrant labour include the recruitment of migrants to particular jobs at lower wages than indigenous workers , partly because job titles and grades could be invented to cover up the fact that job content remained the same , and also because of the threat of repatriation and other forms of intimidation ; the enhanced possibilities for the introduction of shiftwork and piece-work , deskilling , and the slower introduction of safety measures ; the avoidance of national insurance payments by the recruitment of illegal migrants ; and the ability to shed and recruit with relative ease , thus avoiding the costs of labour hoarding ( Paine , 1977 ; Fevre , 1983 ) . |
| 25 | Tourism remained the largest source of revenue in San Marino , contributing around 60 per cent to the gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , for many Siberian communities wood , stone and bone remained the principal materials for making tools and weapons . |
| 27 | Levels of pesticide and chemical residues in drinking water in England and Wales rose in 1992 for the second year in succession , according to the Drinking Water Inspectorate , although overall water quality remained the same , with 98.7 per cent of the 3.75 million tests complying with national and EC standards . |
| 28 | In the clay land areas , little stone was available for building , and timber remained the main material of houses , even as late as the fifteenth century . |
| 29 | Even when they changed , the habit remained the same , blessed , sure and unobtrusive . |
| 30 | For many years the response of the Central Authority remained the traditional one of the physical planner : new investment , irrespective of any rate of return required , was determined by predictions of demand made in physical terms with no allowance for the effect of price increases . |