Example sentences of "remain [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 2 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
| 3 | 26 April : The Mail on Sunday comments on the calculation that the cosmos will remain habitable for 10 to the power of 76 years . |
| 4 | Some children remain dry for years , then relapse after coming under stress . |
| 5 | Now that hope will have been taken from her , leaving her feeling that they have unfinished business , which ( unless she believes in life after death ) will remain unfinished for ever . |
| 6 | The workforce reduction and other actions will result in a one-time charge of $40m to be taken against the fourth quarter figures , but Cray expects to remain profitable for the year , and sees higher profitability as a result of the measures next year . |
| 7 | The first part of the puzzle is resolved by recalling that only free neutrons decay ; the ones locked up in atomic nuclei are stable on any timescale comparable with the age of the Universe ( about 15 billion years ) although they may remain stable for ‘ only ’ about 10 years overall . |
| 8 | As regards the cost implications of these shifts , although the over-85s are heavier users of costly services than younger age groups , the heaviest financial cost of the elderly arises from pensions not from services and , to repeat , the total pensionable age group will remain stable for the next two decades . |
| 9 | Why then do I remain seated for Sally Field , in soft focus , gulping back emotion , Sigourney Weaver groping for emotion — any emotion — and Kathleen Turner proving once again that she ca n't open a fridge door without flexing a buttock . |
| 10 | Pottery has a limited life , determined by the function of the vessels , and thus store jars kept secure in a pantry may remain intact for several generations , while cooking pots , if in constant use , have a very short life . |
| 11 | They showed not only that for most elderly people the costs of community care were considerably lower than those of institutional care ( and that home care would therefore remain cost-effective for many even if service provision were greatly increased , when the alternative was admission to an institution ) , but also that community care was not necessarily cheaper , and that there were some elderly people for whom institutional care would be less expensive ( though not necessarily to be advocated solely on that account ) . |
| 12 | Via infected leaves these winter spores enter the soil where they can remain alive for several years . |
| 13 | One Sun OEM reports he 's getting hundreds of 36MHz Viking-based Sparcstation 10 Model 30s and one 40MHz Model 41 : he expects the latter to remain scarce for awhile . |
| 14 | So even if you are convinced that interest rates are going to drop further and remain low for the foreseeable future , you need to be alert to find a good bargain . |
| 15 | And although unemployment is likely to remain high for some time , many economists believe that pay settlements are influenced less by the absolute level of unemployment than by its rate of change : as unemployment starts to fall , the perceived threat to job-holders dwindles , so they push harder for pay rises . |
| 16 | There is a great deal of prejudice about age , with the result that the older you are the more likely you are to remain unemployed for more than a year . |
| 17 | Now 45 , Marian decided to remain unemployed for six months so she could see how she felt about work , to settle her daughters and adjust to her new house . |
| 18 | I could neither remain unemployed for eighteen months nor begin a new job now and break off after only a year . |
| 19 | However , the motion does not remain periodic for any great distance downstream . |
| 20 | There is evidence to support the case that prices will remain high for a while . |
| 21 | No wonder they place some of it in a jar to be kept as one of their holiest objects , a sign for future generations of the extent of God 's grace ( no doubt that manna will remain fresh for ever : yet more miracle ! ) . |
| 22 | Raw fruits also keep well if stored in the fridge , where they will remain fresh for several weeks . |
| 23 | A 110 g jar costs about 95p and once opened will remain fresh for up to three months if refrigerated . |
| 24 | He is disabled , with a slightly handicapped right arm , and statistics show that jobless disabled people remain unemployed for twice as long as their able-bodied counterparts . |
| 25 | In a sharply contrasting assessment , US Treasury Nicholas Brady argued on Sept. 22 that lower interest rates encouraged increases in investment , productivity and living standards , adding that " when interest rates remain high for whatever reason , the returns on investment stay sterile in the banking system " . |
| 26 | Antigliadin antibody-IgG may in fact remain high for years after starting the treatment , due to the ‘ immunological ’ memory . |
| 27 | Several pointed out that the mining issue was only one of a number of considerations , particularly given the fact that commercial exploitation would remain unviable for some time to come . |
| 28 | Similarly , when subletting , if the sublet part is not to remain empty for any time , a separate assessment is still prudent . |
| 29 | The column for telephone numbers of Melanie 's family would have to remain empty for the time being . |
| 30 | Even dressed as he now was , in a blue cotton jacket and trousers , he could never have been taken for an Italian , and since he was n't able to walk — he could only hop on one leg — or speak the language , he was hardly likely to remain free for long out in the open . |