1.   In so doing, he avoided committing himself too early externally and, at the same time, remained above the fray at home.

2.   Successive quant ties of solvent are added to ensure the solvent level remains above the stationary phase.

3.   The second allegation was that medical staff allowed the oxygen level to remain above the accepted safety level.

4.   For as long as U remains above NAIRU, inflation should be falling.

5.   Although credit card companies are writing off fewer bad loans lately, the so-called chargeoffs remain well above year-ago levels.

6.   Although the warm water pool in the eastern Pacific is losing volume month by month, sea surface temperatures are expected to remain above normal into the summer.

7.   American bishops, with the exception of a handful of liberals from generally smaller dioceses, have remained above the fray, preferring to discuss their differences in private.

8.   And he buries each plant deeply, so that only the top three or four branches remain above ground.

9.   As a result, almost nothing remains above ground across an area where the twin towers and five other World Trade Center buildings once stood.