Example sentences of "[noun sg] remained [art] same " in BNC.

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1 However the direct , positive pattern of England 's football remained the same .
2 Why , then , has the body plan remained the same when the way of life has changed ?
3 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 .
4 As long as all of the parameters of the sub-domain remained the same , the functional calculation program would not be called .
5 In the presence of calmodulin , its K m increased to 33μM , but its Hill coefficient remained the same at 3.8 .
6 The air and water temperature had risen since the early morning frost ; the water level and colour remained the same .
7 Levels for patients tested and then re-examined on a subsequent occasion remained the same .
8 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 .
9 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 ) .
10 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 .
11 Even when they changed , the habit remained the same , blessed , sure and unobtrusive .
12 The currency deal expired in July ; if the exchange rate remained the same , Virgin would be obliged to pay £6m , to make up the difference .
13 Even when environmental factors were controlled by studying identical twins reared apart , the concordance rate remained the same .
14 The address remained the same .
15 He stated , however , that if conditions in Japan at the time of the Peace Treaty remained the same as at present , he thought that it would be necessary for a number of Allied troops
16 Finally , in continuity with some elements of the earlier anti-slave trade argument , Buxton , Stephen and Clarkson all saw British pride in the achievement of abolition and the moral stature this accorded the nation , at least in its own eyes , as requiring the step of liberating those who had been stolen from Africa before 1807 and their descendants since the principle of hostility to man stealing remained the same .
17 Throughout the century the basic problem remained the same : a wide divergence meant that while some men were extremely well paid , others , no less devoted or hard working , lived in straitened circumstances .
18 The top of the leader board remained the same after round two .
19 The basic test for remoteness of damage remained the same until 1961 and was then changed by a Privy Council decision .
20 The centre ground of British politics remained the same uncertain terrain it had been ever since 1918 .
21 But always one face remained the same .
22 Presumably , the anode remained the same ( no change is mentioned ) , so with the thickest rod the spacing between anode and cathode would have been the smallest .
23 This pattern of parliamentary activity was rapidly altered ( though much of the descriptive language remained the same ) in the twenty-five years before the First World War .
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