Example sentences of "it remain " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Mr Jospin wants it to remain more ‘ fraternal ’ , with its clublike network of 200,000 paid-up members .
2 This would enable Hongkong Bank to avoid paying a packet for goodwill and for it to remain a Hongkong bank while Midland remained British .
3 They had pleaded with the bankruptcy judge to close down Eastern last autumn , but instead he allowed it to remain airborne and continue to run down its cash resources .
4 Although the unemployment rate at 9.2 p.c. is , for the first time , on a par with the average in Britain , no serious observer expects it to remain so once the economy as a whole picks up .
5 It was armed with a Lewis gun on the back and carried a vast load of food , petrol , ammunition and other stores , enabling it to remain out in the desert for periods of up to three weeks .
6 Better , far better , for it to remain a dream .
7 As a result , an alumina implant can shield the surrounding bone from the stresses generated by normal activity , and the bone loses the stimulation which is necessary for it to remain healthy .
8 Instead of putting it in the power of the creditor to prevent his debtor from obtaining his liberty on giving up his all , it vested the right of a negative in the judges in open court , where it was more just to place it than to allow it to remain in the power of the creditor who , from motives of resentment , was less likely to decide impartially in his own cause .
9 One new church in America called its sanctuary The Living Room , so keen was it to remain normal .
10 I ca n't say I have come across anyone who expects it to remain a dwarf , but many seem to think that 5–6″ is it — possibly because it is rare to see larger specimens in a retail outlet .
11 But now , since no-one else inhabited this early world of hers , she would allow it to remain .
12 In our attempts to take racism seriously we denied the importance of heterosexism by allowing it to remain excluded from the agenda .
13 The next stage is to persuade it to remain in position while you move away , with the leash lying on the ground .
14 The lateral extensions of its body enable it to remain aloft with only a small expenditure of energy using the water for support as gliders use air .
15 But these devices allow it to remain out of water for only a short time .
16 ‘ And you want it to remain that way ? ’
17 He successfully ran it as what he wished it to remain , the last of the medieval halls ; he never wanted it to have full collegiate status .
18 Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry .
19 It is a matter of examining the contract to see whether the parties intended it to remain valid even if the goods were not in existence or had perished .
20 Does not that mean that we should be putting a great deal more money into such research or is it to remain the Cinderella of medicine for ever ?
21 The Post Office is a successful and profitable organisation , and I hope that the Opposition wish it to remain so .
22 In order for it to remain competitive , jobs had to be shed .
23 I want it to remain open , but I also want to understand the position .
24 In relation to what the hon. Member for Walsall , North ( Mr. Winnick ) said about the letters that I receive , very few of them to date , particularly since we have been televised , have been about bad behaviour in the House — rather the reverse — and I wish it to remain that way .
25 After the unsuccessful talks on June 12 [ see above ] , Markovic addressed the Slovenian Assembly , urging it to remain part of Yugoslavia .
26 Though the acidic gastric juice will rapidly convert ammonia to less toxic ammonium ions , the high pH at the site of ammonia production underneath the mucus layer could allow it to remain in its unionised noxious state .
27 It should be noted that the rules require a declaration when a company applies for recognition that its memorandum and articles enable it to remain in compliance with certain key Rules .
28 It should be noted that the rules require a declaration when a company applies for recognition that its memorandum and articles enable it to remain in compliance with certain key Rules .
29 The Walrus and Carpenter Restaurant st Church Street , Whitby , is appealing against Scarborough Council 's refusal of permission to enable it to remain open until midnight , an hour longer than current planning permission allows .
30 And , although this huge deficit is in large measure a consequence of the fall in tax revenue and the cost of unemployment in the recession , the IFS expect it to remain at this level for some years even if a gradual recovery does take place .
  Next page