11.   At that point, it will become clear that nothing has changed, that the security and peace situations remain as they were.

12.   All this seems to have had the desired effect, grim though the situation remains.

13.   Although Adan has been imprisoned since then, his legal situation remains murky.

14.   Brown insisted during a recent interview with The San Francisco Examiner that the situation remained unfair.

15.   But despite a few positive steps, the situation remains stalemated, with all sides refusing to carry out their commitments under the Dayton accords.

16.   But he said the situation remained extremely dangerous.

17.   But Orza said if the situation remains unresolved in the days leading up to the Christmas holiday, the players association would intervene.

18.   But the glorification of violent struggle by some Palestinian supporters of the women and the celebration of West Bank Jewish settlement indicate how volatile the situation remains.

19.   But the political situation remains fixed where it has been for some time.

20.   But the situation remained tense, with the Russian military warning that the militants were mining the roads.