Example sentences of "[conj] it remained a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the fundamental nature of the NHS was maintained in the sense that it remained a service funded from general taxation , free at the point of use . |
| 2 | In the latest survey , only 5 per cent said that it remained a priority ; the emphasis had switched to defence , foreign affairs and the recession . |
| 3 | One thing she never mentioned , and it remained a mystery to me . |
| 4 | Governments could vary the levy at will , and it remained a permanent part of the system of ITV finance . |
| 5 | Movies had won a considerable audience but that audience would be permanently restricted if the industry remained at the edge of society proper , if it remained a side-show or an underground activity . |
| 6 | But it remained a fact that the British were not truly a maritime race . |
| 7 | She was reflecting once more how her continued silence might preserve the unsought trust confided in her , but it remained a betrayal of her friendship for this man . |
| 8 | But it remained a paper exercise . |
| 9 | They also had to accept that attacks on the USSR by weapons launched from American bases other than in Britain might still bring down nuclear strikes on this country as long as it remained a member of Nato or was linked to the United States in some way or other . |