While the family has remained in Australia for 14 years, it has been there without lawful authority.

It has remained there ever since.

US policy has remained the same.

It remained in orbit until 1970, and has been followed by more than 90 scientific spacecraft in the Explorer series.

Developing countries generally remained net importers of commercial services in 2003, and their services trade has been below global averages.

As a result, ample reserve funds have been created on the banks balance sheets and return on equity has remained high.

Contributions have historically been quite modest, and they have remained static even while the number of Basel parties has increased significantly.

The number has remained unchanged since then.

Israel s policy of nuclear ambiguity has remained practically unchallenged for almost 50 years, not least within Israel itself, where the issue has been a sacred taboo.

The security situation has remained stable. There has been no serious inter ethnic crime and no murder of a Kosovo Serb in Kosovo since June 2004.

It has remained at peace, despite regional wars.

The maternal mortality rate has remained generally low.

The Court has remained within its approved budget.

While significant progress had been made, much remained to be done.

Unemployment has remained remarkably low and confidence relatively high.

But, as of early December, Britain has remained dormant.

The share of management and administration has remained low.

The area of responsibility has in general remained calm.

Unemployment remained high, at 7.8 at the end of 2012, and there has been almost no real wage growth over the last few years.

Overall, during the reporting period, the political and military situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has remained stable, although there have been some difficult events.

While China s influence in Latin America has soared, the US has remained aloof.

As market size has been constricted and intraregional integration has faced obstacles, economic growth rates have remained low and obstacles and barriers to participation in the multilateral trading system remain.

While work on the standards has intensified and some elements of the Kosovo Standards Implementation Plan have been completed, progress in many areas remained insufficient.

By contrast, Japan has remained a fully pacifist economic power.

Overall, however, the movement has remained peaceful and even joyous.

The country has, needlessly, remained in a post conflict situation.

The ceasefire agreement of 3 May 2003 has remained shaky.

For too long, Africa has remained the backwater of development.

The donor base for these contributions has remained relatively narrow.

It is regrettable to note that the 13 steps have remained a dead letter up to now and no progress has been recorded in this area.

Moreover, the US housing market appears to be stabilizing....Overall, the US mortgage market has remained resilient, although the sub prime segment has deteriorated a bit more rapidly than had been expected.

Stagnating Japan has thus remained a peaceful and rather conservative society.

The situation in the Israel Syria sector has remained generally quiet.

The Security Council has consistently remained seized of the Ivorian crisis.

Nevertheless, it has remained at a standstill for almost a decade.

There is a general view that financial and corporate restructuring has been largely completed in South East Asia, while budget deficits have narrowed or, as in Thailand, the budget has remained in surplus.

World War II As in the first world war, Sweden remained officially neutral during World War II, although its neutrality during World War II has been disputed.

Although progress had been made on many fronts since January 2005, gaps still remained.

Progress had been made in tackling the phenomenon, but much remained to be done.

Turkey has remained a staunchly moderate voice in a region of extremes.

So far, Xi s campaign has remained a conventional affair involving selective prosecution.

It will provide the basis to judge whether there has been sufficient progress to justify the start of a political process to determine Kosovo's final status, which has remained undetermined during the last six years.

By 2006, the flights to Amsterdam had been dropped while flights to Milan remained seasonal.

Qatar, which had been Morsi s main protector (by offering a large credit line) and is in the midst of its own political transition, has remained detached from Egypt s turmoil.

In most countries of continental Europe, 9 11 has remained an American date.