Example sentences of "is still the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the BTA is still the custodian of the finest theatre library in Europe . |
| 2 | It is the most important medium for getting known by the general public and affecting the attitude of employers but the theatre is still the best place for learning your trade . |
| 3 | Much of the recent writings on anthropology at home remain largely concerned with temporary visits by the academic to what is still the ‘ exotic ’ world of ‘ out there ’ . |
| 4 | The triceps make up 60% of the upper arm while the biceps make up only 40% and yet it is still the case that most people tend to have overdeveloped biceps . |
| 5 | For a systematic tasting , I went back to Erdinger Weissbräu 's original premises , a 1537 house that is still the brewery tap , at Number One on the ‘ High Street ’ , Lange Zeile . |
| 6 | Personal recommendation is still the safest method of selection , but members of the Glass and Glazing Federation ( GGF ) have to abide by the federation 's code of practice and so should be a safe bet . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , professionalism on American lines is still the ideal that academic administrators uphold , since it can indicate to sceptical politicians and the public at large that universities are engaged in the visible activity which generates ‘ performance-indicators ’ . |
| 8 | Fifty years later , in Thrones , this is still the best he can do — juxtaposing the two authors , and the two compositions , as here , so also at 98/689 , 100/719 , and 103/736 . |
| 9 | And Eliot is still the massive figure that must be circumvented if we are to see Virgil as having exerted a powerful influence on our modern poetry in ways more partial , devious and oblique than Eliot allowed for . |
| 10 | The party may have put on a collar and tie but it is still the Labour Party , prone to its old reflexes ( as it reminded us yesterday on defence spending ) , prisoner still of its anachronistic structure , its mind set in 100 years of working-class history . |
| 11 | Ours is down to 49,000 — and that is still the largest in the League . |
| 12 | That is still the case , says Ms Reeves . |
| 13 | The disaster at sea which took the lives of 165 oilmen is still the subject of inquiry . |
| 14 | If salmon is still the rich man 's herring , one can no longer think of herrings as the poor man 's salmon for they have become so expensive that one buys them by the troy ounce . |
| 15 | He is still the best equipped Chancellor on the Conservative front bench ; she is still the best Thatcherite Prime Minister we have . |
| 16 | He is still the best equipped Chancellor on the Conservative front bench ; she is still the best Thatcherite Prime Minister we have . |
| 17 | ‘ Joisey ’ is still the butt of jokes made by New York sophisticates , but its political leaders , like the outgoing Governor Kean , now have national stature and have taken the lead in forming social policy for the rest of America on welfare reform , school financing , public housing and care of the environment . |
| 18 | A London spokesman for Mr Bond said yesterday : ‘ He has intended all along to meet his commitment to BSB , and that is still the situation . ’ |
| 19 | If you want to know why Phillipe Starck appears in just about every magazine , why Tokyo is still the in-place for designers , and why no one gives a tinker 's cuss about public design , your chance to find out is at a public debate next Friday under the gaze of Rubens 's corpulent characters on the painted ceiling of the Banqueting House in Whitehall . |
| 20 | But overwhelmingly the state is still the main provider of welfare : Britain has a welfare state . |
| 21 | She helped in the family café at the Sussex seaside resort of Littlehampton , which is still the base for her worldwide empire of retailing outlets . |
| 22 | A combination of east winds and sub zero temperatures made shore and boat fishing difficult throughout the region although there is still the chance of odd big cod . |
| 23 | This is still the situation today . |
| 24 | Twenty years old , the Range Rover is still the only serious off-roader that makes a convincing alternative to a luxury saloon . |
| 25 | Breast is still the best , say experts |
| 26 | After all , there is still the threat of enemy anti-aircraft missiles . |
| 27 | Whatever Mr Gorbachev 's intentions , November 7 on Red Square is still the celebration of a great power . |
| 28 | But America is still the largest television market and Thames now has a foothold . |
| 29 | ( The national currency today is still the US dollar . ) |
| 30 | TWO days after the US invasion of Panama , Britain is still the only member of the European Community to have given public support to the action . |