Example sentences of "[pron] [be] still [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even supposing they could have pushed that up to 150,000,160 … we 're still way off track . ’ |
| 2 | Similarly , if one compares blacks and whites within any age-group , there are still differences in vulnerability to unemployment . |
| 3 | Although a good deal of success has been achieved with regard to mapping vegetation ( Hathout , 1980 ) , there are still problems with resolution and cloud cover ( Allan , 1980 ) and although these are gradually being resolved by radar , the problem of more detailed and fine-grained interpretation will remain for the foreseeable future ( Deane , 1980 ) . |
| 4 | But there are still prisoners of conscience in Europe , and in every other region of the world . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've totally removed them in a single market , but there are still elements of harmonisation to be completed . |
| 6 | The Edinburgh library staff would like to remind users that there are still books on loan under the old manual system . |
| 7 | The Lord has won a victory over my feelings in this area although there are still skirmishes from time to time ! |
| 8 | There are still inequalities within marriage , as are documented both in this chapter and in chapter 4 . |
| 9 | After reaching this stage there are still opportunities for movement from small houses to large houses and on to Travel Inns which are often attached to a Beefeater Restaurant . |
| 10 | Now there are still traces of ink on the surface but now you can much more clearly see the etch lines because they 're full of now . |
| 11 | There are still traces of hut circles attributed to an Iron Age occupation and , at the time of the Roman invasion , the local patriots , the Brigantes , established a hill fort to resist the foreign legions ; an ancient rampart wall , built around the perimeter of the summit and almost half a mile in circumference , has survived the centuries although it is now crumbled and has many gaps . |
| 12 | And there are still traces of mud at the sides as well as under the left heel . |
| 13 | The most we can say is that if there are still economies of scale unexploited , the industry is a natural monopoly . |
| 14 | There are still glimpses of Mould 's feeling of uselessness — if not with himself , then with his relationship with other people , borne out by the aforementioned ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ and the earlier ‘ Helpless ’ . |
| 15 | There were still splinters of glass gleaming on Maggie 's shoulders and high flat breasts . |
| 16 | In his late teens , there were still signs of puppy fat , and his rounded face sat under an unruly head of hair trimmed to the current style , though not especially trendy , and he could be lost in a crowd as being just another boy on the block ; unassuming and unspecial . |
| 17 | There were still traces of ethnocentrism in the nationalist viewpoint elsewhere in the report : for instance , they still referred to ‘ the historic integrity of Ireland ’ ( New Ireland Forum 1983–4 : i. 28 ) , implying an almost naturalistic concept of Irish unity , when as a political unit Ireland only ever existed as a British-administered territory . |
| 18 | There was a deep , thick blood from the old oaks , still trickling slowly out here and there , as if the Trees might not have been cut down so very long since , or — and this was much worse — as if there were still vestiges of life in them . |
| 19 | We 've all , we 've got ta remember this , that every one of us , we have a place in God 's will and plan and whilst we are in that place everything is good well there 's , there 's still problems of course , there are still difficulties , there are still heartaches , but things are working right . |
| 20 | Zeebrugge demonstrated that was not the case and there is evidence that there 's still room for improvement . |
| 21 | Was I then being unfair when I said that , you know , in my view , we still have n't totally got our act together , there 's still room for improvement , and the thing is , you see , people are travelling to other countries . |
| 22 | But there 's still time for fun |
| 23 | Standardization only refers to certain aspects of a product 's design — there is still scope for variation . |
| 24 | In rare instances , there is still evidence of manufacturing methods , for example the clay moulds used for casting bronze bridle bits and other equestrian equipment found at the Iron Age site of Gussage All Saints or stone moulds for weapons ( fig. 5.7 ) . |
| 25 | For diehard election party-poopers , however , there is still time to book into the election-free break being offered on Lundy Island , the National Trust 's island in the Bristol Channel . |
| 26 | However there is still room for hope . |
| 27 | He now reads as well as other children his age , although there is still room for improvement in numeracy . |
| 28 | But there is still room for improvement . |
| 29 | While the logic of this ‘ basic needs ’ approach is appealing , there is still room for argument about precisely which needs are basic . |
| 30 | I know we are in the middle of a recession , but surely there is still room for compassion . |