111.   But relations between Taiwan and the mainland remain as tense and explosive as ever, and each side takes every opportunity to provoke the other.

112.   But outside the circle, property would be left in its natural condition or allowed to remain as farm land.

113.   But she said she would remain as chairman until a successor was chosen.

114.   But questions remain as to whether the new disclosure policies have prompted the IMF to be less open.

115.   But some analysts warned that uncertainties remained as to whether the sale would bring more heating oil to consumers soon, because refineries were already running at capacity.

116.   But she remains just as powerful a player in the showrooms of Seventh Avenue and SoHo.

117.   But some questioned whether executives who no longer live and work in a community can remain as passionately committed to its good causes over the long term.

118.   But Stanley was granted a reprieve this week after telling church members that God had instructed him to remain as pastor.

119.   But that does not require him to remain as a sitting senator for the next three weeks, as the latest timetable still contemplates.

120.   But oracle-bone inscriptions strongly suggested that the city remained as a royal religious center even after the political capital had been moved.