Example sentences of "remain for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that the record will remain for a long , long time . |
| 2 | It is normal for this sensitivity to remain for a few flights and then gradually to disappear . |
| 3 | The corollary is that if they eventually return to the UK , their foreign domicile will be retained until it can be ascertained that they intend to remain for an indefinite period . |
| 4 | The first is that with another ten years of John Paul 's rule , the silencing of awkward bishops and theologians , the appointment to the episcopate of a most carefully selected team of neo-conservatives , a rather traditionalist form of Catholicism will , in fact , harden and remain for a long time effectively unchangeable . |
| 5 | Choose 7/8in mats where workers remain for a full shift ; 1/2in mats at work stations used for hours at a time ; 3/8in mats in traffic areas . |
| 6 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 7 | AN EPIC match , of huge social and political significance beyond the narrow confines of Barbados , had almost everything save perhaps a crowd , and reached an enthralling climax on the final morning when South Africa , needing only 79 runs with eight wickets remaining for an historic victory in their first Test for 22 years , were swept away on a floodtide of West Indian pride and aggression . |
| 8 | A very small minority of students remained for a fourth year and , having successfully negotiated a third year examination hurdle , were candidates for an unclassified B.Ed degree of the University of Birmingham , and carried with them our hopes for a future graduate profession . |
| 9 | This , the kylix par excellence , remains for a long time a vehicle for some of the finest vase-drawing , in the ton do and in many figured compositions between the handles . |
| 10 | So the situation remained for a hundred million years . |
| 11 | Karelius remained for a few moments gazing out into the night , taking in the mighty fires and flares , and the cries of ‘ l'Empereur ! ’ mingled occasionally with snatches from the Carmagnole , Père Duchesne , and other patriotic songs . |