Example sentences of "[vb mod] remain [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a certain sales figure may remain as the target but the spending habits of the income group from which the sales were to come may have shifted . |
| 2 | Other propositions may not be testable even in principle but may remain for the time as a necessary component of an overall paradigm . |
| 3 | After washing sufficient numbers may remain on the hands to cause harm and the skin may become recontaminated from taps , the towel dispenser and the exit door of the washroom . |
| 4 | It also singles out moor and heath for specially favourable treatment ; habitats such as wetlands and species-rich grasslands may remain within the scope of the grants . |
| 5 | It believes that this ‘ crisis ’ level of interest rates may only may last only a short while but that a ‘ risk premium ’ may remain throughout the life of a Labour government , with adverse implications for growth . |
| 6 | some residual contamination may remain in the soil owing to concentrations which do not induce microbial degradation ; |
| 7 | If untreated , recovery occurs after a few weeks , but discharging abscesses may remain in the groin . |
| 8 | Joe now withdrew his hand from the desk and , rising to his feet , he looked down on to the upturned faces of the two men and said , ‘ My mother may remain in the house as long as she wishes , but the running of it , the accounts and such , I wish to leave in your control . |
| 9 | Thus , the record of many negative movements of base level may remain in the landscape to be interpreted by the geomorphologist . |
| 10 | As a result aggradation took place and the surfaces of such aggradations , now dissected by later erosion , may remain in the form of terraces . |
| 11 | A nurse must remain with the patient to ensure a clear airway until the patient is conscious and the cough reflex has returned . |
| 12 | For democracy to exist , power must remain with the people . |
| 13 | ‘ Trade union involvement must remain at the heart of the party but it must be based far more on individual choice and decision rather than through the exercise of a block vote , ’ he said . |
| 14 | One person must remain at the nets all the time to deal with the rabbits as they become entangled . |
| 15 | If a motor vehicle is stationary when the accident occurs the driver must remain at the scene until he has satisfied the section . |
| 16 | It would have been impossible to have brought an airliner into the gallery — they must remain at the Museum 's ‘ out-station ’ at Wroughton , Wilts , but the next best thing was achieved . |
| 17 | Until that time your child must remain at the place named on the supervision requirement . |
| 18 | Most of the ‘ energy ’ ideas are based on dowsing results , but until these can be cross-referenced with physical monitoring they must remain on the wilder shores of the subject . |
| 19 | The harem system requires , of course , that a large number of males are unlucky in the breeding season and must remain on the fringe of the reproductive groups . |
| 20 | Distributing next year 's maintained payment between the two new companies has clearly not been an easy task and question marks must remain over the board 's decision just to split the 1993 payment straight down the middle with the promise that each company will not pay less than 27.5p a share . |
| 21 | But he must remain in the custody of the bailiff , who said however there was no need for it . |
| 22 | She was adamant that her daughter-in-law must remain in the capital . |
| 23 | The limited partner(s) contribute a fixed amount of money when joining the partnership , and this money must remain in the partnership . |
| 24 | Er , Birmingham region , Brian , who will count G M B Scotland Lancashire region , John who will count Southern Liverpool region , Alan who will count South Western London , Bill who will count Yorkshire Midland , Colin who will count Birmingham Northern , Derek who will count Lancashire G M B Scotland , Mary , who will count Liverpool Southern , Jack who will count London South Western , John , the other John , who will count Midland Yorkshire , Ray who will count Northern er , and now the pep talk it should be emphasized that tellers must remain in the congress hall while congress is in session and of course that delegates must be in their allotted seats when a vote is taken . |
| 25 | Sir George said : ‘ If people want to adopt a nomadic style of life they must remain within the law and should do so at their own expense . ’ |
| 26 | Opinion in the Pentagon moved towards the belief that Japan was assuming more importance in global terms and that Japan must remain within the American sphere . |
| 27 | The British attitude was that American troops should remain pending the completion of the UN task in supervising elections ; the change of policy away from the Moscow agreement , which Britain had so far supported , would be justified in the UN debate on the grounds that the assumptions on future developments at Moscow had proved erroneous and the only course of action now was to appoint a UN temporary commission . |
| 28 | We believe that the basic responsibility for science should remain with the DES , but that the implementation and monitoring of this programme must be in the hands of a cabinet committee chaired by the prime minister . |
| 29 | Although he made such an excellent impression on the journey that it was suggested that he should remain with the Princess as her secretary , he left the royal party at Utrecht . |
| 30 | My mother 's only stipulation had been that not more than two servants should remain with the child . |