Example sentences of "still [vb past] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Veblen 's book continues to be read this is partly for its unconscious humour but partly for the comfort , however misplaced , which it offers to those still mesmerized by egalitarian ideas . |
| 2 | Republicans began to express concern yesterday that the President 's personal commitment to China , where he was ambassador in 1972 , was putting him at odds with public opinion still revolted by the brutal repression in Tiananmen Square . |
| 3 | The police , still clustered by their vans , were not watching out for trouble . |
| 4 | But she has to run 23.30 secs or faster to secure a place in the British team for Barcelona and , still hampered by an Achilles tendon injury , she does n't think she 'll do it . |
| 5 | She still dated by Lothar 's reign-years : it was not clear in whose kingdom Uzès might end up . ) |
| 6 | Giolitti also harnessed the nationalist fervour that still existed by embarking on a colonial war for Libya . |
| 7 | This motion advocated a revival of nationalist Gaullist traditions to distinguish the RPR electorally from other right-wing parties , and called for more party independence , asserting that in its present state , still demoralized by the defeat of Chirac in the 1988 presidential elections , the RPR was incapable of forming an effective opposition . |
| 8 | Having put down the bottle , but still entranced by the ( to my nose at any rate ) sweet , dulcet tones of the essence , I decided to take another whiff to convince myself I had not really been dreaming . |
| 9 | But , despite the slump , profits in the six months to September still grew by a theoretical 5% to £10.26m ( true comparisons are impossible post-float ) . |
| 10 | With the help of a few sure-fire successes brought over from ITV , it gradually established itself , though still subsidized by the sub-scriptions . |
| 11 | The withdrawal meant that the eastern port of Trincomalee was the only major town still patrolled by the IPKF . |
| 12 | The measures addressed ( i ) restoring peace in the region of Sarajevo ; ( ii ) re-opening the Belgrade-Zagreb motorway ; ( iii ) the security of humanitarian convoys ; ( iv ) the situation of " pink zones " in Croatia ( Serb-populated areas in Croatia not covered by the UN peace plan , but still patrolled by the UN Protection Force in Yugoslavia — UNPROFOR ) ; and ( v ) placing Croatia 's Prelavka peninsula under UN forces . |