1.   But if you are planting for fruit, you should be aware that some varieties of quince are purely ornamental, or your cupboard will remain bare.

2.   Ms. Westwood has enriched the creative panoply of many a designer, but her coffers remain relatively bare.

3.   My plants remained bare.

4.   One foot remains bare, the detail of its sculpture worn away by the lips of pilgrims who have kissed it.

5.   The refrigerator remains blissfully bare of mysterious mounds of leftovers.

6.   The stage remains bare except for the appearance of wooden stools to sit on from time to time and the occasional props.

7.   Thirteen months later, the book remains as bare as a newborn.

8.   More than six years later, the land remains bare and no jobs or housing has been provided, it said.

9.   Greatness, however, is stamped out in Olympic bullion and the Morceli vault remains bare.