Example sentences of "[noun] is still a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the best tries of metricationists , the name of Fahrenheit is still a household word ; that of Reaumur is not . |
| 2 | As to the volume of work available , crime is still a growth industry , and the constantly increasing complexity of many parts of the law inevitably creates a demand for skilled legal advice . |
| 3 | The Berlin Wall came down the year before , but John Major is not Prime Minister yet and EuroDisney is still a building site . |
| 4 | ‘ Sugar is still a growth market and we expect it to grow by roughly 2 per cent a year for the next 25 years , ’ he says . |
| 5 | ‘ British fashion manufacturing is still a sweatshop industry ’ |
| 6 | The apparent reliance of industry and commerce on the flip-chart is still a standing joke in education , but perhaps there is a lesson to be learnt here and my office wall may soon sprout one ! |
| 7 | ‘ Simon Osborn is like a choirboy , Gareth Southgate is a clean , fresh player , Bowry is only 9st 7lb , and Ndah is still a youth player . |
| 8 | Defence has accounted for 11% of UK manufacturing output and is one of the few sectors in which the country is still a world leader . |
| 9 | His tally of 1,816 wickets for Lancashire is still a county record and he played 70 times for England claiming a further 252 victims . |