Example sentences of "[noun sg] still remain " in BNC.

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1 Eventually teachers were able to shake themselves free of the legal requirement to supervise at lunchtime , though the responsibility tor the good management of the school during the break still remains with the headteacher .
2 On the other hand the structural analysis of the language only tells part of the story ; the question how structural features contribute to the text 's overall effect still remains to be answered by the critic .
3 However the Soil Association still remains the pioneering group which will continue actively to promote the benefits of organic farming to the unconverted .
4 Since then the position has slowly improved but very much the same dilemma still remains .
5 A substantial stone-lined stepped culvert that supplied water to the wheel still remains under the lane and empties back into the stream via a long tail-race to the rear of the mill .
6 At the end of the transitional phase , French government discrimination and obstruction in its subsidisation policies meant that to all intents arid purposes France 's coal industry still remained outside the common ECSC structure .
7 Deforestation still remains a crucial issue in the Himalaya but the temporal and spatial pattern of its occurrence is , in the light of more recent research , very different from that hitherto envisaged .
8 In the last decade of the century , therefore , democracy and what may be called a ‘ democratic way of life ’ has become a political principle almost universally subscribed to , though its actual practice still remains very imperfect in large areas of the world .
9 But the issue still remained in the balance for a further twenty years .
10 Nearby is the site of the cathedral which is now destroyed but whose narthex still remains , with its original entrance ( 409 ) .
11 The work of SCONUL in improving access to theses has been of considerable benefit in the communication of research results , but some work still remains .
12 But the child still remains centre stage .
13 As the stent is left in the distal part of the CBD , a future hepaticojejunostomy or choledochoduodenostomy still remains possible as was shown in one of our patients .
14 The Council still remains the organ with the broadest spread of democratic membership : it is the West European body which perhaps will benefit first from the revolutionary changes or-1989 in Eastern Europe precisely because of its more ‘ bland ’ nature : in 1990 Poland signified its desire to join the Council .
15 Although the long-term trend is towards greater equality , most wealth still remains concentrated in the hands of a small minority .
16 A great deal of bomb debris still remains to be cleared , but valiant efforts have been made to remove refuse .
17 Some debris still remains and I should be grateful if you would arrange for its immediate removal and also ensure that they same thing does not happen when the embankment on Station Lane is tidied .
18 Only the drafting of the manifesto still remained precariously in the hands of the leader and the NEC .
19 However , the question still remains : will Cadbury effect the sea change in attitudes and practices necessary to restore standards of corporate governance in the UK ?
20 The question still remains — will The Hinnies ever be able to order delivery pizza again ?
21 Having said this , the question still remains as to whether such records , particularly where associated with unfamiliar curricular approaches , can successfully challenge the status of external examination certificates in the eyes of the world at large , especially parents and employers .
22 But the question still remains — do young children actually view intentions as causes of actions ?
23 The question still remains , however , as to whether the assisted migrant workers would have moved anyhow without the financial aid of labour mobility programmes .
24 But the vital question still remains , no matter whether a second-century fort existed or not : at what point did the vicus become a genuine town ?
25 Nevertheless , the question still remains as to whether there is more to the situation than a simple failure in superego-development and a consequent antagonism towards all forms of authority and restraint .
26 My question still remains the same then .
27 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 .
28 He added that while ICI 's vigorous reshaping programme last year helped the company weather the storm slightly better than some of its rivals , the recession still remains its greatest problem .
29 The problems to which this event gave rise still remain for later generations of human beings , handed down to later generations through myth , rituals , arts , philosophy and , above all , religions .
30 Amid the ruins on the most remote Highland croft still remains ample evidence of age-old customs and beliefs concerning plants and their significance in the daily lives of the people who lived there .
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