Example sentences of "remain [adj] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
| 2 | It is only extinguished or " barred " because the claim it gives to land has been allowed to remain unpressed for a long time in face of a rival title … the effect of the Act is to eliminate . |
| 3 | For indeed the demand and supply schedules do not in practice remain unchanged for a long time together , but are constantly being changed ; and every change in them alters the equilibrium amount and the equilibrium price , and thus gives new positions to the centres about which the amount and the price tend to oscillate . [ … ] |
| 4 | Moreover , the present study indicated that the syn-PLA2 and cat-PLA2 values of patients with a necrotising form of acute pancreatitis had a tendency to remain increased for a longer time than the values in patients with oedematous acute pancreatitis . |
| 5 | Grown in impoverished conditions , the plant becomes stunted but remains alive for a long time while many small shoots develop to give the appearance of an irregularly worn shaving-brush . |
| 6 | If the money remains unclaimed for a certain time it is returned to the finder . |
| 7 | We remained numb for a long time . |
| 8 | This view remained dominant for a long time in sociology , but more recently other sociologists have become reluctant to view people as happy robots , acting out predetermined roles . |
| 9 | He remained silent for a long time , staring at Emily as though summing her up . |