Example sentences of "but it remains [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been some impressive cases of increases in productivity , notably British Airways , British Leyland , and British Steel , which have shed workers , but it remains to be seen whether the improvement will be durable or a once-only case of firms shaking out the least efficient workers . |
| 2 | But it remains to be seen whether NFC is a throw-back to the 1970s or a model for the 1990s . |
| 3 | But it remains to be seen how Japan 's culture responds to a collapse in asset values . |
| 4 | Recently a new group of drugs , cytosine and adenosine arabinoside , have been used with considerable success against generalized viral illness , particularly in people whose natural defence mechanisms are below par , but it remains to be seen whether it is feasible to use them on localized herpetic infection . |
| 5 | But it remains to be seen whether this somewhat confused mixture of ideologies represents a realistic and coherent guiding force for the type of global change in human values that is so urgently needed at this time . |
| 6 | But it remains to be seen whether that will prove a significant omission . |
| 7 | But it remains to be seen whether this will exacerbate chronic unemployment or solve it . |
| 8 | In the case of vision we can pinpoint the brain regions likely to be involved , but it remains to be seen how they actually work . |
| 9 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
| 10 | In the Criminal Justice Act 1991 , it was made clear that whatever penalty is imposed must be commensurate with the seriousness of the offence , but it remains to be seen whether this attempt to structure sentencing discretion by adopting an offence-based tariff will have the desired effect . |
| 11 | In theory , the Community Care Act of 1990 allows local authorities to provide financial assistance to relatives but it remains to be seen whether any will do so when the new system starts in 1993 . |
| 12 | Of course , the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 is designed to extend the types of people who may offer at least certain firms of legal services , but it remains to be seen whether this will make a dramatic difference by demystifying the provision of advice . |
| 13 | But it remains to be seen whether the commission will examine events of the early 1980s which led to 261 Canadians being infected by contaminated blood and about 800 haemophiliacs becoming infected by tainted blood products . |
| 14 | Energy management systems may represent a major attempt to rationalise fuel consumption in non-domestic environments , but it remains to be seen how they will be received by such buildings ' occupants . |
| 15 | It would appear that tenants are bound by the provisions of the Act and could therefore be affected adversely by it , but it remains to be seen as to whether a tenant in such a position could maintain an action against its landlord for breach of the landlord 's covenant for quiet enjoyment where there is no reservation of such a right of access in the tenant 's lease . |