Example sentences of "but it remained [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it remained unpublished and is as yet unfinished . |
| 2 | He rested his hand just above her pretty knee , but it remained immobile . |
| 3 | He left biscuits , cake , pies , fruit and bowls of custard littered around the shelves , but it remained untouched . |
| 4 | These solutions implied considerable redevelopment in the central , older parts , but it remained unclear as to just what form of renewal was to be adopted either in land use or visual terms , Town planning as an art form may have taken considerable strides in suburban or garden city situations . |
| 5 | But it remained unclear after the day-long hearing whether the court would be prepared to grant 34-year-old Mr Daniels ' request for an order that the unit should be reassembled at another London hospital , or at least declare that the action taken by the North West Thames and Riverside health authorities was unlawful . |
| 6 | But it remained uncertain whether they were strong enough to create conditions in which peace could be negotiated even on the most minimal of their terms . |
| 7 | The 1983 law banning the use of the Kurdish language in private life and songs was also repealed [ see also p. 37969 ] , but it remained illegal to use Kurdish in broadcasting or print . |
| 8 | Rory Scott says roguishly : ‘ She was very sexually attractive and the relationship was not a platonic one as far as I was concerned but it remained that way . |
| 9 | But it remained true , as a very experienced commentator pointed out , that " any man filled with an excessive desire of fortune or riches should abandon the calling of negotiator " , while the most successful English diplomat of the eighteenth century claimed that after fourteen years in several highly important posts he found himself £20,000 worse off . |