1.   A sly grin crossed his face as he thought of an alternative billet in which to spend what remained of the night.

2.   Alexei dragged his coat off what remained of the lantern pole.

3.   All that remains of Champa today are its magnificent stone sculptures, silent testimony to an extinct society.

4.   And the House of Windsor has overdetermined this outcome by sacrificing what remained of its dignity in a welter of family dysfunction.

5.   At least there was little evidence remaining of the break-in.

6.   At Pipewell in Northamptonshire, earthworks remain of the pre-existing hamlet, mixed up with earthworks of the Cistercian abbey buildings.

7.   Despite the moves outlined above, the need for regulation in the electricity industry remains of crucial importance.

8.   For the foreign press, the disaster that remained of greatest interest was the one originating in Fujian.