Example sentences of "people still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People still argue about the costs and benefits of that development . |
| 2 | Outwardly intelligent people still argue about whether Ronald Reagan ‘ knew ’ of an enormous illegal operation run from his own White House basement . |
| 3 | In our next issue we will be examining why some people still resist the pressure to pick up after their dogs . |
| 4 | Throughout the 1970s , central and local government were responsible for the publication of a range of plans and reports designed to re-invigorate an area whose economic base might have disappeared , but one with tremendous opportunities and where almost 50,000 people still lived ( Ambrose , 1986 ) . |
| 5 | Dating since prehistoric times people still lived here until the 1960s . |
| 6 | Many people still felt that Diana spent an inordinate amount on clothes |
| 7 | At the dawn of the 1990s , with the European single market looming ever closer , most British people still seemed to feel content with their identity . |
| 8 | Older people still regard America as a refuge ; younger people regard it as a new home . |
| 9 | Despite the difficulties , people still regard access to education for their children as a ‘ passport out of poverty ’ . |
| 10 | Many people still regard it as the Tory party at prayer . |
| 11 | Non-smoker Diana told a congress on alcohol and drug abuse in Glasgow : ‘ Sadly , many people still regard addictions as a moral weakness . |
| 12 | Its roots are tenacious and most people still wish to acknowledge the ideal of Christian values , as George Carey , Archbishop of Canterbury , noted at the 1991 2nd Malvern Conference , " I would deny that Britain is post-Christian — I think that people have basic Christian values which they would be very reluctant to let go . " |
| 13 | Maybe this attitude lingers on in advanced Western societies , explaining why some people still wax so lyrical about arcane grammatical rules , the Oxford English Dictionary and all the other magical authorities , and why they are so indignant about feminists ‘ tampering with language ’ . |
| 14 | It would have boats on it , lights and music , and people still thronging the bars and restaurants . |
| 15 | It is still not clear whether the approximately 250 people still listed as missing include those whom ex-detainees say were still alive in May , or if they include the names of those last seen in 1984 or 1986 . |
| 16 | By and large , people still prefer not to acknowledge these issues for which there is no comfortable rule . |
| 17 | Some elderly people still prefer ( or have to make do with ) an open fire , but this often presents problems if they have no one to carry coal for them and help to clear out the grate if it is of the old-fashioned type . |
| 18 | It 's amazing people still remember , I mean it went off air over eight years ago . |
| 19 | IT ALWAYS COMES as a surprise to Nancy Kominsky that so many people still remember her for her television series in the late 1970s . |
| 20 | A lot of people still remember Her Ladyship , the little white cow which was featured such a lot in Too Long a Winter , and so do I , of course . |
| 21 | Twenty years on people still remember those visits . |
| 22 | Many people still remember — perhaps less painfully in hindsight — the hectic days leading up to the publication of the first list of modules . |
| 23 | Yet most people still balk at exploring ways in which a legal regime might undermine such effects . |
| 24 | Horne had first made his name on radio in the days when most people still called it the wireless — on another wartime show which supposedly told everything you ever wanted to know about an RAF station . |
| 25 | ’ People still come up to me on the streets all the time and ask the most personal kind of questions that you 've ever heard in your life , like , ’ How could you do such-and such on screen ? ' |
| 26 | An Australian visitor was surprised at the number of people still smoking in Britain and the areas where smoking is allowed . |
| 27 | In this friendly atmosphere , plans for a reunion had already started before we were halfway through , and many people still keep in touch with each other back home . |
| 28 | Historically , brewing has justified its recession-proof rating , perhaps because in good times or bad , people still keep on drinking . |
| 29 | People still walked about and talked and laughed . |
| 30 | The medical commitment to disabled people still lacks a generally agreed term with which best to describe it . |