Example sentences of "still of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Let Us Compare Mythologies is a young man 's book , this is one ( though still of a young man , at 26 ) that offers poetic maturity , whose lyrics are charged with that mellow wistfulness , that trembling of angst , that vibration of incipient guilt and the plunging sensuality of a knowing , searching man ; a book whose range — for all that — is narrower than Let Us Compare Mythologies . |
| 2 | The main fear of the government in London was still of a rash of insurrection spreading across England . |
| 3 | And still of a winter 's night , they say , when the wind is in the trees , When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas , When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor , A highwayman comes riding — |
| 4 | The loose , undulating rhythms of trees and foliage are still of a kind seen in Fauve canvases by Matisse ( and have their origin ultimately in the late work of Gauguin ) , while the colour is decorative and heightened to an unnatural degree . |
| 5 | I had similar difficulties with the use of phrases like ‘ working-class youth values ’ when writing up research on subcultures ( Davies 1985a ) : in the singular ‘ a youth ’ does mean a young man , and hence while writers may use ‘ the youth of today ’ to imply generalizations across male and female , the connotation is still of a masculine prominence and centrality in adolescent affairs . |
| 6 | Instead , despite writing soon after Nadir Shah had returned to Persia , the overwhelming impression that Khan tries to convey is still of a bawdy city of joy , a place remarkable for its wild parties , its lively celebrations and orgiastic festivals . |
| 7 | She laughed , and it was the laugh still of a young girl . |
| 8 | And still of a winter 's night they say , when the wind is in the trees , when the moon is a ghostly galleon , tossed upon cloudy seas . |