surviving remnant

collocation in English

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surviving
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/
continuing to live ...
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remnant
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/ˈrem.nənt/us
/ˈrem.nənt/
a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece ...
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(Definition ofsurvivingandremnantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nevertheless, the ghost-forest fauna is almost certainly asurvivingremnantof the original living-forest canopy fauna.
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The present structure is thesurvivingremnantof a three-building complex comprising an office/saloon, engine house, and the present brewery building.
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The onlysurvivingremnantof the original school building is the school bell, which hangs in the foyer of the current administration block.
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No mention is made of when the bridge was torn down, or when the lastsurvivingremnantof the town's buildings and businesses finally closed.
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The school's main gate the onlysurvivingremnantof the earlier structure is the suburb's war memorial.
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A piece of ivy-covered wall next to the present parish church is believed to be the onlysurvivingremnantof the priory.
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Reconstructing the themes of the pediments is difficult due to the fragmentary nature of the surviving remnants.
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The small outbuilding is one of a few surviving remnants of the local cottage industry of shoemaking that flourished in the 19th century.
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The area is famous for the surviving remnants of cloud forest and birdwatching.
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Two redbrick buildings and the base of an old factory chimney next to the hotel are the only surviving remnants of the large industrial premises.
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However, the towers are surviving remnants of an earlier structure.
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As of 1985, only eight of many 1800s ranches had any surviving remnants from that era.
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This is one of very few surviving remnants of the line.
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None of these has survived because the technology to record them did not exist at the time of their broadcasting; the sole surviving remnants are still photographs.
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The surviving remnants of these consist of the ruin of a central tower, built of flint and rubble masonry, with arches on three sides; the south wall is missing.
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