But in Baghdad a skeleton staff of 57 was permitted to remain.

"Might I be permitted to remain here, by my mother's side, during this affair?"

He would not comment further, but said the officer was aware of the investigation and had been permitted to remain on the force.

Only a small number of people were permitted to remain to tend to the land.

An alien who is legally permitted to remain in a country.

Only those who owned farms had been permitted to remain.

These children would not be permitted to remain even with other living relatives.

Why else would they have permitted him to remain in their city?

Only the teams placed two to six were permitted to remain in the league.

But he promised to be silent, and was permitted to remain.