Example sentences of "the [noun sg] remains a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the press , led by The Hindu , has gone a long way to proving that Bofors handed out millions of dollars to Indian middlemen , the identity of the ultimate recipients of the money remains a mystery . |
| 2 | A major work in the field remains A Dictionary of British Surnames by P.H. Reaney , in which the relevant entry reads , ‘ Fursey , Fussey , Fuzzey , Forsey ’ , and goes on to instance John Forshay 1431 ( Dorset ) and Roger Fursey 1583 ( Surrey ) . |
| 3 | The tall spire was unfortunately lost in 1703 but the building remains a good example of a Medieval town hall ( 554 ) . |
| 4 | To those Soviet generals determined to cling to the notion that the West remains a threat to Soviet security , the Gulf war represents another defeat for Soviet interests , whatever now happens to Iraq . |
| 5 | The influence of the semiotic model within psychoanalysis is important but , as we shall see , it is often incorporated into sexual difference theory in a form which manages to exclude what the model is especially sensitive to , namely the way oppositions which constitute meaning are fundamentally binary , yet can not ultimately be contained in and by binary closure even as , in practice , the binary remains a fundamental principle of social and psychic ordering . |
| 6 | But its skill at the wheel remains a matter of legitimate debate while the audience is temporarily neglected . |
| 7 | For all the criticisms which can be levelled against it , the work remains a successful attempt to make sense of the complicated relationship which existed between England and France over a period of more than a century at the end of the Middle Ages . |
| 8 | The lineout remains a big headache , although Drikus Hattingh has won good ball at the front and No 8 Adriaan Richter has blossomed as the tour has unfolded . |
| 9 | The Queen remains a remote figure , glacial and impenetrable except when caught by the press cameras watching one of her horses winning at the races . |
| 10 | Despite the apparent gains that have been made , the street outside the home remains a source of danger , particularly to children : in the Netherlands two thirds of the fatal accidents to children under six occur within the immediate environment of their home . |
| 11 | If the monetary authorities of modern consumer societies have had to replace gold by paper in the course of inflation , they are still constrained at moments of crisis to shift ingots of gold from one bank to another , and the price of gold bullion on the exchange remains a sensitive index of confidence in the international market . |
| 12 | Although its founder , Karl-Ernst Jöllenbeck died in 1991 , the gallery remains a vital force under the directorship of Michael Nickel . |
| 13 | The extent of British involvement in the revolt remains a matter of conjecture , but Humphrys and his colleagues warmly supported the candidature of Nadir Khan , Amanullah 's successor , and vigorously opposed Amanullah 's attempt to stage a comeback from his retreat in Kandahar . |
| 14 | In spite of this the village remains a village . |
| 15 | While the situation in the south remains a major concern , greater violations of human rights are now occurring in the North and Eastern provinces of the island , where government security forces are engaged in a full-scale civil war with elements of the Tamil-minority population . |
| 16 | What caused the accident remains a mystery , although a cut in on of the rear tyres was discovered over a week later , but according to Lotus is was impossible to be categoric as to the real cause . |
| 17 | The House of Lords did not grant leave to appeal , the point remains a difficult and important one but the Act may have clarified the point , at least where the scuffle is an ongoing one . |
| 18 | Americas Watch , a well-informed group based in Washington , says ‘ the military remains a law unto itself ’ . |
| 19 | But the group remains a leading player in the pet and farm animal immunisation field . |
| 20 | The thief remains a thief unless he can change his innermost mental habits . |
| 21 | The name remains a legend and mention Bugatti still conjures up moments of sheer magic in those inter-war years on the racing circuits . |
| 22 | The potential for malignant transformation at the site of implantation as a result of chronic irritation from the metal remains a theoretical problem worthy of consideration . |
| 23 | The length of the arrangement remains a secret although Lyall described it as being ‘ for the foreseeable future . ’ |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the topic remains a fascinating one : the magic of seeing animals like Melia , as it waves its two fearsome anemones at a predator , is not to be denied . |
| 25 | The choreography remains a moment by moment response to the poems and , awkwardly , these themselves are not especially good . |
| 26 | Then he would kiss it where he knew its mistress 's lips had been not long before ( the location of the kiss remains a matter of debate : some say on the muzzle , some say on the top of the head ) ; he would whisper in the shaggy ear of Nero ( or Thabor ) the secrets he longed to whisper in the ear that lay between the muslin dress and the straw hat ; and he would burst into tears . |
| 27 | The theory remains a controversial one but Dr Kinlen told The Scotsman that it is becoming harder to dismiss the findings as no more than chance . |
| 28 | Even in such exalted company , Rozhdestvensky holds his own ( although Szell 's breathtaking final coda to the Marche remains a uniquely compelling experience ) , and what a joy to hear a native Russian orchestra accorded engineering which for once does them proud ! |
| 29 | Linear preoccupation in the past remains a closed book to modern understanding . |
| 30 | Whether or not the private sector does use resources more productively on average than the government remains a contentious issue . |