Example sentences of "is still [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Photo-Me 's identity card venture is still at an embryonic stage , accounting for only 2 ½%; of turnover . |
| 2 | Finally , at 58 Mr Gorbachev is still at the height of his powers . |
| 3 | Sparkling wine is still at the fledgling stage , but developments are taking place . |
| 4 | Michelle , 24 , works in an electronics factory while Colette , 15 , is still at school . |
| 5 | This resulted in some success in lowering dolphin mortality , but it is still at least twice as high as during daylight hours . |
| 6 | A communist old-boy network of managers and officials is still at work , shunting influential jobs to old comrades and hindering the break-up of old empires . |
| 7 | Medicine continues to be a very powerful system of knowledge , and although there are many differences between nineteenth century and twentieth century medicine , there is still at its heart a view of the body ( both male and female ) as a repository for disease . |
| 8 | And far from showing that the couple is going out of fashion in France , he feels his research demonstrates that it is still at the centre of people 's dreams . |
| 9 | It is still at work , producing animal feed and , unlike many others , continues to make use of water power . |
| 10 | Today , Oil Mill is still at work grinding corn , much of the original structure still surviving . |
| 11 | Today , the brewery is still at work , producing three types of draught and three types of bottled beers , that are fervently supported locally and supplied to sixteen local pubs in the surrounding towns and villages . |
| 12 | His son , Claude , took over the mill in 1952 and is still at the helm . |
| 13 | A portrait of a fat and overpowering Sir John is still at the house today and , even allowing for the artist 's flattery of his patron , this is a face you would not trust . |
| 14 | But he is still at the school . |
| 15 | It is still at an experimental stage and has not yet been implemented country-wide . |
| 16 | An object close to the camera , with a very short out-and-return light-path from flash to film , will be imaged while the sound-pulse is still at the back of the emulsion but by the time light from an object 15 metres away has reached the film , the sound-pulse will have reached its front face . |
| 17 | ( The Shambles in York , for instance , was the street of the butchers or fleshammels , and the Butchers Hall is still at number forty . ) |
| 18 | The bowling rate for each batsman should start off at Slow for the first ‘ over ’ of six balls , then go to Medium for the next over , and Fast for the third over ; this sequence then repeating if the same batsman is still at the crease . |
| 19 | As at Domesday , agriculture is still at the heart of the economy of the village . |
| 20 | Zalman King , the soft porn peddler responsible for 9½ Weeks and Wild Orchid , is still at it . |
| 21 | ‘ The girl sub-editor who took the call is still at Holborn police station . |
| 22 | While it is still at a safe height , apply back cyclic to flare the model into level flight and simultaneously add power to return to the hover position . |
| 23 | Whilst the nation is still at war with itself , whilst the security forces stand accused of supporting Inkatha members in attacks on the ANC at Boipatong , now , as Mick Cleary asked in RW&P in January , ‘ can anyone say ( now ) that there will be no violent backdrop to the 1995 World Cup ? ’ |
| 24 | His daughter , Rachel , is still at school . |
| 25 | [ Joshua is one of the most respected names in the industry and at 54 years old is still at the top of his craft . ] |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't see Mrs Brent 's car yet — I suppose she is still at the Lady Queen Bees ' tea , and Mr Brent must be still at his curling club . ’ |
| 27 | A MURDERER has struck 16,636 times in London 's West End in the past 40 years , yet the mystery attacker is still at large . |
| 28 | In training , Sergei Gotsmanov interpreted for Alexsey Cherednik , who is still at The Dell . |
| 29 | ‘ The February , 1992 , figure was the lowest since 1976 , so the underlying improvement in sales is still at a relatively low level , ’ RMI director general David Gent said . |
| 30 | In tonight 's programme , Laura and her parents discover whether she is suitable for the surgery , which has only been carried out on a handful of other patients and is still at the experimental stage . |