Example sentences of "[noun pl] remains a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In larger schools , and at the secondary stage , the organization of spaces and necessary reservation of particular areas remains a complex job , but can he approached from a different viewpoint . |
| 2 | A confident distinction between the two disorders remains a taxonomic problem in 8–20% of specimens . |
| 3 | The question of which of these , if any , lie closest to the ancestries of humans and modern apes remains a lively source of debate . |
| 4 | Harnessing our financial resources remains a major priority for us and despite another major capital expenditure programme , we expect to achieve a more balanced position from trading in the current year . |
| 5 | Shortage of resources remains a crucial determinant of standards of care , particularly at long-stay hospitals , and there is little sign that resources will improve much if at all in the next few years . |
| 6 | But lack of resources remains a serious problem . |
| 7 | Trust in one 's fellow countrymen remains a significant feature of contemporary British society . |
| 8 | Childcare for working mothers remains a personal issue and Britain is the only member of the EEC which has not endorsed the directive on parental leave . |
| 9 | The fact that almost half his people in the East Bank are either pro-PLO or are ambivalent in their loyalties remains a crucial factor in Husayn 's Palestine policy . |
| 10 | What the WEA 's voluntary membership really wants from its tutor-organisers remains a profitable subject for debate — as does the basic question of whether such appointments should be made at all . |
| 11 | The embedding of transferable skills through modularisation by the inclusion of ‘ enterprise ’ in all University courses remains a key element of the Enterprise Centre 's programme . |
| 12 | The question of whether a statement made during the course of negotiations remains a mere representation or becomes a contractual term , turns on the intention of the parties . |
| 13 | I have , perhaps rashly , elsewhere published the baldly provocative claim that ‘ postmodernism is only heterosexuals catching up with camp ’ and I think the relationship between the two discourses remains a fruitful area for further study . |
| 14 | However , overloading of certain services remains a major problem , and reports have been received of passengers having to stand from Birmingham to Aberystwyth ! |
| 15 | The resolution of the many conflicts between farmers and environmentalists remains a hit-and-miss affair . |
| 16 | In 1980 , Jack already knew the family secret but he had never known his real father , not even his name , and since June was no longer around to confirm Donald Rose 's story , having died of cancer in 1965 , his version of events remains a mere matter of record . |
| 17 | The Calvinist vision of an earthly city in which pastor and politician work in harmony to exclude evil from the lives of all those within the city walls remains a religious outlook for a significant number of protestant loyalists . |
| 18 | Whereas removal of prostaglandin dependent mucosal defence mechanisms remains a central mechanism in the development of gastric mucosal injury related to NSAIDs , this could be enhanced by increased synthesis of leukotriene , as LTB 4 attracts and activates polymorphonuclear leucocytes and peptidoleukotrienes are potent vasoconstrictors capable of increasing vascular permeability and causing microcirculatory stasis . |