But this was planning for a remote contingency, the Earth-human had insisted.

Instead, he smiled at the remote contingency of marriage.

From the way he talks he seems to regard either possibility as a remote contingency.

But war with China is a remote, unlikely and avoidable contingency.

But those are remote contingencies and, initially, the proposed deployment would do little to defend against them.

And I still say it is pointless to consider remote contingencies.

The tough issue for the Administration is what to do if, in fact, these remote contingencies prove real.

And even in the remote contingency that they should fail, was not he, himself, adequately armed?

I doubt they keep a live guard aboard against the remote contingency.

In the remote contingency that it doesn't, there are still tighter screws we can put on.