Example sentences of "still [vb base] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite having thousands of years to get it right , many employers still deny their female staff time for one of the most natural of human experiences.But now a new EC directive is set to come into force to improve maternity leave rights . |
| 2 | Why can the tobacco industry still advertise their products , while cannabis , one of the safest drugs known to man , still remains illegal ? |
| 3 | Colleagues in politics and commerce still belittle my commitment to advance work . |
| 4 | However , you still touch your head . |
| 5 | They still want their identities to remain publicly unannounced . |
| 6 | This remains one of the strongest reasons why so many parents still want their children to have RE even though they themselves have long since given up having much to do with religion . |
| 7 | I think we still want our songs ( poetry , story , play ) to enable us to get through the day tunefully , to afford some new angle of vision that will ‘ give ’ us the world in a new way , elicit our love for the world again , though our faculties may be tired , though the world may be desolated . |
| 8 | As a society , we still want our children to be " innocent " and still demand sexual suppression from the adolescent group . |
| 9 | But they still want your name and address . ’ |
| 10 | Meanwhile , I still want my money . ’ |
| 11 | Foreign Minister Farooq ash-Shar " , at a press conference concluding Baker 's visit on Oct. 16 , added that he would not shake his Israeli counterpart 's " guilty hands which still occupy our land and ignore Palestinian rights " . |
| 12 | They still build their houses in the arc-like forms , they say , of the ships which once brought them , and their funeral rites , which for their nobility are unequalled for extravagance , are intended to launch the souls of the dead back to the stars of their origins . |
| 13 | They still mock his eagerness , and mimic the keen forward inclination with which he walks , as if he ca n't wait to get where he is going . |
| 14 | Above the roaring and cracking of the storm , it could still hear their voices , still smell their presence . |
| 15 | I give way to the hon. Gentleman , who is an endangered species on the Opposition Benches as he is one of the few who still speak their mind . |
| 16 | Her bloodstained finger marks still cover its side . |
| 17 | still cover your point or not ? |
| 18 | Cover and cook over gentle to moderate heat for 30–35 minutes or until the centres are tender but the potatoes still hold their shape . |
| 19 | And , since her friends had known , but still let her walk right into it , Folly had decided impulsively that they were n't friends at all , and changed her plans . |
| 20 | He still let his eyes run over her and Maggie was both embarrassed and shocked at the look in them . |
| 21 | The Elleray Park special school pupil can not sit , stand , crawl or walk unaided and his parents still await his first words . |
| 22 | The younger generations of Tenants still earn their share of fame and , unfortunately , notoriety . |
| 23 | This allows for up to five of the airline-standard LD3 containers to be loaded — many DC-3s still earn their crust flying night mail and small package freight and ease of cargo handling is important . |
| 24 | Television may be much more popular than radio , but radio plays still deserve their place amongst the airwaves , and they are worth listening to . |
| 25 | Second Thoughts : Presence of the past : Arthur Marwick on the principles that still sustain his argument in ‘ The Nature of History ’ ( Macmillan £8.95 ) |
| 26 | I still enjoy my skiing when I get the chance . |
| 27 | Unguarded pto shafts , clearing machinery while it is still running , failing to switch off engines , and removing fallen and hung-up trees still exact their toll on the lives of our workforce . |
| 28 | In the distance , the bereaved colobus still sound their alarm calls . |
| 29 | ‘ But they still drop their things all over the house . |
| 30 | Kids walking up and down still drop their sweet packets though . |