Example sentences of "remains the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That remains the professional duty of the head . |
| 2 | America 's ethos of limited , constrained government remains the accepted rhetoric . |
| 3 | Pacelli 's relationship with Germany during the Second World War , and his apparent failure to act sufficiently vigorously in defence of the Jews , remains the great enigma of his pontificate . |
| 4 | The model remains the great house , not the small one , and great houses still try to be like other great houses . |
| 5 | Joanne Atkins won yesterday 's second leg of the National Grade A Championship but Andy Austin , the victor with River Hill on Monday , remains the overall leader in this three-part contest which will be decided today . |
| 6 | The Crown remains the supreme executive authority , although not the sole one . |
| 7 | Deng retired from his last official post ( Chair of the State Council Military Commission ) in 1990 , but in his role as " elder statesman " he probably remains the supreme power-broker . |
| 8 | S. Sophia remains the supreme achievement of sixth century Byzantine architecture . |
| 9 | The essential financial underpinning of English cricket remains the five-day test match against other cricket-playing countries ; tests still bring in big crowds , and the money they earn helps the financially struggling county teams . |
| 10 | Sandor Rado , in an article devoted to the elucidation of manic-depressive disorders , expresses the opinion that ‘ At the bottom of the melancholiac 's profound dread of impoverishment there is really simply a dread of starvation … drinking at the mother 's breast remains the radiant image of unremitting , forgiving love , ’ and he adds that ‘ It is certainly no mere chance that the Madonna nursing the Child has become the emblem of a mighty religion and thereby the emblem of a whole epoch in our Western civilization . |
| 11 | We have already discussed the relationship of officers to party groups and the new statutory powers given to three senior officers , but there remains the controversial issue of limiting the political activities of officers . |
| 12 | The movie flopped and Laughton never got the chance to direct again , but Hunter remains the greatest David Lynch movie Lynch never made . |
| 13 | For me , nothing in War and Peace is as valuable as the boat-cutting-out expeditions of Marryat and for me he remains the greatest of English novelists . |
| 14 | The rejection of a right of accession ensures that the intention of the parties remains the determinative factor in ascertaining whether accession is permissible . |
| 15 | While profitability remains the key factor in the use of expensive floor space , it would make sense to display the products which older people are likely to buy on the ground floor . |
| 16 | Europe remains the key market , taking 80 per cent of production , with the United States , Korea and North Africa sharing the remainder . |
| 17 | That remains the official Labour Party position on the SDLP . |
| 18 | The Portuguese escudo joined the European exchange rate mechanism on Friday and yesterday shot to pole position , hitting the top of its 6 p.c. band , and heaping pressure on the pound which remains the weak man of Euro currencies . |
| 19 | Strengthening the existing NHS remains the highest priority for funding . |
| 20 | Britain remains the Dirty Man of Europe so far as SO&sub2 ; and NOx pollution is concerned , and will do so even when the EC Large Plant Directive is implemented by 2003 . |
| 21 | Why Britain Remains the Dirty Man of Europe — A report for Greenpeace by Media Natura |
| 22 | Although many experimental studies have been carried out since then , this remains the clearest and best-known work . |
| 23 | In spite of all this complexity the focus of the governor 's moral and legal duty remains the individual pupil . |
| 24 | One thinks himself the master of others , and still remains the greater slave than they . |
| 25 | One of the greatest private European drawings collectors of this century , Frits Lugt ( 1884–1970 ) also collected prints , paintings , artists ' letters , frames and Indian miniatures while his book on collectors ' marks remains the standard reference volume . |
| 26 | This was a task of considerable complexity and Tozer 's edition remains the standard one . |
| 27 | The establishment of a core group of drawings to be used as a starting point for the attribution of other sheets on stylistic grounds remains the principal method of research and Mr Royalton-Kisch felt that the present exhibition has contributed to the furtherance of this work which , in the case of the British Museum , has whittled down the number of sheets from the 106 accepted by Benesch to eighty-four . |
| 28 | For many computers and computer-controlled machines , the keyboard remains the principal method of input . |
| 29 | But , basically , disclosure still remains the principal safeguard on which the Companies Acts pin their faith , and every succeeding Act since 1862 has added to the extent of the publicity required , although , not unreasonably , it varies according to the type of company concerned . |
| 30 | Although communication between computers is becoming increasingly common , paper ( and FAX ) remains the principal medium of communication in the business world . |