Some commentators have suggested this cost will remain static in future.

But there's no reason a city's skyline should remain static.

In the jungle, don't assume water levels will remain static for any period of time.

Once established, political alliances do not remain static.

Things can only remain static for so long.

Structurally and functionally a civilization cannot remain static.

I would say this area will continue to grow in the future, rather than remain static, Mingay said.

Spending on food takes a bigger share of income as prices increase while incomes remain static, Bordignon said.

This would ensure in the worst- case scenario that the tax-take from the airport tax would remain static.

It also said it saw firm chemical industry demand, while the jewellery market could remain static during the year.

Given that Eircom Park has doubled in cost, it seems improbable that the £640 million figure will remain static.

Social evolution is vital if any ethnic-nationhood is to survive; and five centuries is a long time to remain static.

As in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries great changes were inevitable, so now the economic world cannot possibly remain static.

Gross national product, meanwhile, will remain static this year, before increasing by 1.4 per cent in 2013.

Police are lightly armed compared to their army counterparts and often remain static in an area, making them more vulnerable to attack.

Madam, Like all unhealthy obsessions, that of Raymond Deane with the state of Israel does not remain static, but steadily expands its dimensions.