Example sentences of "still [vb base] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Older people still tend to use Esq , but it is becoming less widespread , and it 's now hardly ever seen in America , Canada , Australia or New Zealand . |
| 2 | I know it 's commonsense but unfortunately a lot of people still tend to leave these er objects lying about in easy reach of the young child , okay ? |
| 3 | Well , most obviously I have learnt that what is good for me can not necessarily be applied to everyone , although I still tend to dish out unsolicited advice . |
| 4 | But they still tend to go round in packs every so slightly . |
| 5 | Commentators still tend to remark on the informality of industrial tribunal procedure ( Farmer , 1974 ; Walker , 1985 ) , but the industrial tribunal 's rules of procedure are no longer informal , and it has become an adversarial forum ( Dickens et al. , 1985 ; Genn and Genn , 1989 ) . |
| 6 | Despite this , we still tend to cling to the traditional . |
| 7 | The British still tend to treat him with a faintly hostile embarrassment : as well they might , since for the past four years , his principal message has been condemnation of their duplicity in , as he sees it , backing away from promises to introduce democratic government by 1997 . |
| 8 | But white feminists still tend to acknowledge ‘ race ’ as a matter of cultural difference . |
| 9 | I emphasise this point because popular topographical books still tend to suggest that any particular place is sited where it is for defence reasons , or because it is near a source of water . |
| 10 | But memories of Ken at this time still tend to revolve more around the fun . |
| 11 | There are plenty of other gulls to be seen inland : common and herring gulls in particular , and increasing numbers of lesser blackbacked gulls , though the greaters still tend to stay on the coast . |
| 12 | Twenty years earlier , he could not have seen it in quite the way he does , for even in Repton 's modem living room ( Fig. 7b ) the structural features of a room , together with the figures of its occupants , still dominate the furnishings ; these are sparse , and still tend to have their backs against the wall . |
| 13 | They tend to regard each others ' markets as their own ‘ home ’ markets , whereas UK companies still tend to regard selling to EC countries as exporting . |
| 14 | The breed and its crosses still tend to dominate the beef herds of North and South America , Australia , New Zealand , Denmark and Finland . |
| 15 | For instance , there is a tendency for those with a birthday imminent to return the higher age instead of the attained age , whereas middle-aged women still tend to understate their ages ; this phenomenon is sometimes called ‘ age-shifting ’ . |
| 16 | The Croll and Moses survey of junior school practice confirms that teachers still tend to attribute many children 's difficulties to adverse home circumstances . |
| 17 | What perverse incentives still remain to keep people in institutions ? |
| 18 | A spokesman said while they accept they 've lost the copyright battle , they still intend to go to court again in an attempt to get the damages reduced . |
| 19 | It is hoped that clashes of dates with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 's world-ranking events , which the Hearn and Doyle camps still intend to support , will be avoided . |
| 20 | I still intend to train as a doctor , because I feel there is no more interesting and worthwhile way to spend my life , but how many other people will be able to or want to in the future ? |
| 21 | That in itself is some indication of the influence his life and work still bring to bear — and , perhaps , an equal indication of the lack of progress which makes it still necessary . |
| 22 | ‘ I still want to heal , Father . |
| 23 | Alexander once said that people want to change and yet still want to remain the same . |
| 24 | You can apply to my father for money if you still want to punish him for not backing you . |
| 25 | ‘ I wo n't run any of the major three championships after Barcelona , but I still want to do the big marathons , like London and New York . |
| 26 | This is a handy tool if you have reservations about a customer 's financial ability but you still want to do business with him . |
| 27 | You can probably find things to say about how well George and Marie have gone about co-ordinating their marketing , financial and personnel activities , and you could even ask yourself whether they might not have been wiser to expand ( if that is what they still want to do ) in a different direction altogether . |
| 28 | They know the costs , but still want to do it , ’ he said . |
| 29 | So if you 're watching your waistline but still want to enjoy life 's little luxuries try Le Roulé Light — the taste of success ! |
| 30 | ‘ Now there is a certain anti-fashion attitude which makes people still want to enjoy things , but in a much more low-key way . |