Example sentences of "remain [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can make no waves ) , I would remain faithful to Irene . |
| 2 | The NHS as a whole will remain subject to audit by the NAO . |
| 3 | ‘ So long as food is a function of the Department of Agriculture … food will remain subordinate to agriculture . |
| 4 | Three in 10 workers admit to having a ‘ spouse ’ in the office while remaining faithful to husbands or wives at home . |
| 5 | Government ministers accused international aid agencies , particularly the UN , of channelling aid through Turkey while remaining indifferent to Iran 's needs . |
| 6 | But with the South African Rembrandt group remaining committed to Rothmans the chance of a successful US offer has dwindled . |
| 7 | Other potential candidates , who were remaining loyal to Ted but who it was known would come in on the second ballot if Ted were defeated , were quietly being accused of cowardice by the Neave camp . |
| 8 | From 1254 onwards , while remaining close to Simon , Peter 's career also developed independently . |
| 9 | During the turn-off , there is time for a reassessment of the height remaining relative to trees and buildings , and a decision has to be made either to continue turning to make a low circuit , or to turn back into wind after using up a little more height ( this is known as an S-turn ) . |
| 10 | He wanted an assurance that the Dardanelles would remain closed to warships because he feared the possibility of a British or French attack on the southern part of the Russian Empire . |
| 11 | In the following weeks , readers were told that Diana was reconciled to the fact she would remain married to Charles , but that they would lead separate lives . |
| 12 | But engineers think that the kind of lightweight rolling stock increasingly used on the network will remain vulnerable to autumn leaves . |
| 13 | These basic and reasonable requirements suggest that although new shopping centres will remain inaccessible to shoppers without direct access to transport , such centres may well prove more attractive to older customers than the traditional High Street . |
| 14 | It is simply due to the fact that these little hotels have remained faithful to habits dating from 1840 or so . |
| 15 | Although a new law allowing multiparty politics had come into effect in July 1992 , rallies remained subject to government control and were permissible only for registered parties . |
| 16 | So much has changed in the life of the farm worker , especially the nature of his work ; yet so much , as we shall see , has remained resistant to change . |
| 17 | Ever since the rise of Irish Republicanism the people of Ulster have remained loyal to Britain , loyal to a great Empire in days of yore and to not such a great Empire in recent times . |
| 18 | Towards the end of the eighteenth century both pewter and pure tin — natural or silvered — were also being used , though the nobility appear to have remained loyal to brass , it being more convenient for the engraver to work , especially if one 's coat-of-arms was to appear on it . |
| 19 | However , his candidature in 1911 had been aided by three factors : he was a Conservative rather than a Liberal Unionist , but he was the sort of Conservative who would be acceptable to Liberal Unionists as well ; he was a diehard in opinion , but he had remained loyal to Balfour 's policy throughout the recent twists and turns ; and he had staked a claim by his abandonment of his safe London seat to fight North-West Manchester in December 1910 ( at no real risk , for an alternative safe seat was always available to him if and when he lost ) . |
| 20 | But most of the Yorkist establishment had remained loyal to Edward IV and the rebels ultimately achieved a precarious viability only by looking outside the realm for support : to Louis XI of France and the exiled Lancastrians whom he harboured . |
| 21 | But most of the Yorkist establishment had remained loyal to Edward IV and the rebels ultimately achieved a precarious viability only by looking outside the realm for support : to Louis XI of France and the exiled Lancastrians whom he harboured . |
| 22 | DALLAS Dhu Distillery , near Forres , will remain open to visitors throughout the winter season from this year onwards . |
| 23 | Canal channels and structures need general repair and maintenance in order that the waterways can remain open to traffic . |
| 24 | He recommended that the ‘ upper ’ country , meaning the highlands east of and including Wallowa Lake , be granted to the Nez Perce ; and the ‘ lower ’ country , meaning the westerly Grande Ronde valley where white settlers were concentrated , remain open to settlement . |
| 25 | We remain open to suggestions on decommissioning . |
| 26 | Meanwhile the existing themes remain open to applications until further notice . |
| 27 | One person in 20 throughout the world , or over 350 million people , are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus and remain infectious to others . |
| 28 | Granted that ‘ X exists ’ or ‘ X is real ’ implies ‘ Be aware of X ’ ( = ‘ Be disposed to take X into account in choices ’ ) , it certainly does not imply ‘ Remain attentive to X ’ . |
| 29 | Although socialism looks shattered now , the voters will not remain loyal to conservatism for ever . |
| 30 | These cattle are much less domesticated than their mortal counterparts although , unlike the malignant fairy water-horse EACH-UISGE , they will remain loyal to humans if treated well . |