Example sentences of "[noun] still [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However the Soil Association still remains the pioneering group which will continue actively to promote the benefits of organic farming to the unconverted . |
| 2 | Whilst many organizations still see the prime role of the sales representative as that of generating sales , there is an increasing trend which sees the representative in a wider marketing role , which emphasises the profit responsibility of the position . |
| 3 | Another Mitchell known as " Puddin " was for many years tree planter in the village and at the later part of the 19th century planted trees around the cemetery , always maintaining he was one short , and if one takes the trouble to look there is a gap still awaiting the missing tree . |
| 4 | Mr Gorbachev still thinks the old system can be reformed . |
| 5 | She was too sore to want it inside her , and her mouth still retained the lingering taste of urine . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , these kids still approach the major record companies in search of greater fame and fortune than they could ever hope to achieve by themselves . |
| 7 | For all her strange behaviour in rehearsals and in the office , she had held her position as director for eleven years and during that time the Tiller troupes still commanded the highest respect and dominated all other dance troupes . |
| 8 | But his eyes still held the old mockery and the remembered cynicism . |
| 9 | The imprint of these deep-rooted influences still stamps the national character of the Slovenes . |
| 10 | There are also links with Nottingham 's twin city Minsk proving that the department still serves the local community as it did 75 years ago . |
| 11 | Even with agreement on the form of the scale and grade boundaries in the coarser ranges different authors still place the silt-clay boundary variously at 2 µm ( Briggs , 1977 ; Friedman & sanders , 1978 ) , which is a size commonly used by soil scientists , or at 4 µm , as in the original Udden-Wentworth system ( Tanner , 1969 ; Pettijohn , 1975 ) as is more normal amongst geological sedimentologists . |
| 12 | His rival Jonathan Ross still sports the spivvy whistle of an Eighties estate agent . |
| 13 | The entrepreneurial hero still captures the American imagination . |
| 14 | But Jane still dreaded the threatening disease of daily life . |
| 15 | Yet it was all in a losing cause because England still finished the fourth day of the second Test 43 runs in arrears at 231 for eight in their second innings . |
| 16 | However , although federal government could now intervene , albeit only after pursuing lengthy procedural steps , the Act still left the primary responsibility for air pollution control to the states and local government . |
| 17 | Purists still demand the long trudge with the Atco cylinder-mower , the old one with the heavy roller and the polished-brass gas tank . |
| 18 | Though I could see that the sun still lit the highest canopy , on the jungle floor it was already too late . |
| 19 | But , basically , disclosure still remains the principal safeguard on which the Companies Acts pin their faith , and every succeeding Act since 1862 has added to the extent of the publicity required , although , not unreasonably , it varies according to the type of company concerned . |
| 20 | Basing the deprivation payments on the Jarman index still seems the best option , although it is time the Department of Health supported research into its validation . |
| 21 | The figures on the west still wear the archaic smile . |
| 22 | But mum still knows the best way to a man 's heart , according to a new survey . |
| 23 | A sanitiser used to replace cleaning and disinfection still requires the final rinse and the standard achieved is likely to be indifferent . |
| 24 | More nobly ornamented and furnished then the castles they replaced , these houses still shared the abysmal sanitation of the latter , with poor privies and rush-strewn floors . |
| 25 | Old Spice still heads the mass fragrance market , ahead of Insignia and Mandate . |
| 26 | Cray still takes the simple approach to getting a good sound . |
| 27 | In November Pravda still viewed the ASEAN declaration for neutralisation as denoting a ‘ far from easy task ’ since it presupposed an end to US ‘ aggression ’ in Indo-China , to China 's ‘ hegemonistic aspirations ’ and contradictions among Southeast Asian countries , and the removal of foreign military bases and foreign troops from the area . |
| 28 | While other road going sports tend towards high-visibility clothing , riders still favour the natural country colours . |
| 29 | Nizan followed each stage with a gloomy sense of foreboding , yet convinced all the while that collective security still offered the only route to the preservation of peace . |
| 30 | The haze still surrounded the distant locomotive and train , discernible but somehow blurred . |