1.   Seven seats remained undecided because of electoral irregularities, and further run-off elections were expected.

2.   Although the seat remains stationary in side and rear collisions, its manufacturer says it is just as safe in such accidents as any other baby seat.

3.   All eight justices on the Supreme Court are Republicans, although one seat remains vacant.

4.   During a recent Diamondbacks-Angels game, lawn seats were popular, while closer seats remained empty.

5.   For the rest of the morning, her old seat remained empty.

6.   Hospital staff have closed off half the room with a partition, but empty seats still remain.

7.   One open seat remains, that of Russell Redenbaugh, a self-described independent who left the commission in December.

8.   The lines are long, the flights are late and only middle seats remain.

9.   A half-dozen seats remained in doubt, some of them agonizingly close.

10.   But the seat remained in the hands of the previous holder, representing the ousted government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani.