Example sentences of "[pron] [be] still a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if we 're serious about that we need I think to review that very regularly , because I moved offices and discovered I was still a fire officer for a part of the office I was n't even part of , |
| 2 | Well like any other shop lad , and although worked with me father I was still a shop lad . |
| 3 | But his was still a subject class . |
| 4 | More than two thirds of that colossal amount was devoted to lager , which is still a minority brand in Britain . |
| 5 | In 1955 he took 175 wickets , which is still a club record . |
| 6 | Er you were still a head shunter for I think about five years after after |
| 7 | But Jane insists she 's still a Gazza fan … and that no-one would be happier than her if he put his troubles behind him and established himself as the best , as well as the most talked about , footballer in the world . |
| 8 | A privileged account of racial prejudice in the police is provided by an interview with the first black policeman to join the Metropolitan Police , Sergeant Roberts , who is still a serving officer nineteen years later : |
| 9 | The Cheshire 12-year-old who tried to commit suicide told psychologists after said after the incident that she was still a chatline addict . |
| 10 | A decline that 's under circumstances when we 're still an island nation , still dependent upon shipping to impor export and import most of our goods . |
| 11 | If we were still an indie band I do n't think Peter would be as interested . |
| 12 | Today although there 's still a problem area it 's not a straightforward pregnancy today , the boys are able to father children and the girls are able to have children which means you 're actually going to increase the incidence of P K U into the community is n't it ? |
| 13 | There 's still a question mark over the efficiency of the crash barrier which brogught about the death . |
| 14 | There 's still a signal box there . |
| 15 | There 's still a pound coin there look ! |
| 16 | So in fact there 's still an endowment policy on you to cover that mortgage ? |
| 17 | There is still a village shop with newsagency , and a post office . |
| 18 | There is still a skid mark from one end of the runway to where the ‘ Fury left it at the other end . |
| 19 | There is still a question mark over the availability of the multi-talented Neil Doak , who played scrum half in the cup final two seasons ago . |
| 20 | Certainly , he can enjoy the outcome for a day or two , but there is still a question mark over dealings in the longer term on the all-important economy , with the rivalry between the trading blocs dictating how ‘ special ’ the ‘ relationship ’ is likely to remain . |
| 21 | Experience teaches.a lot as to whether or not a phenomenon is likely to be a genuine signal or background noise , but there is still a twilight zone , the tantalising occurrences which are probably noise but might possibly be signal . |
| 22 | Right , now will let m l Let me ask you where you are going then as far as the Party 's own constitution is concerned , we saw a development , a significant development that I no doubt you would say at the Labour Party conference er er down in Brighton , but not withstanding O M O B the trade unions still have one third of the votes in the selection of the leader of the party , seventy percent say on policy matters at conference , there is still a trade union block vote . |
| 23 | Complications after operation have become less prominent with increasing experience , but there is still a failure rate of about 10% . |
| 24 | There is still a post office . |
| 25 | Despite these changes , some of which have proved to be environmentally degrading , there is still a food crisis because population growth is rapid ( 2–3 per cent per annum ) and farming systems are failing to provide the necessary increase in productivity of c. 4 per cent per annum ( Okigbo 1985 ) . |
| 26 | There is still a Tuesday market with many stalls , the market place and Market Street being closed to traffic on this day only . |
| 27 | Horizontally restricted layers are generally considered to come into the category of Bénard convection provided that the boundary conditions on the end-walls are such that there is still an equilibrium solution ( stable or unstable ) of the equations with the fluid at rest . |
| 28 | There was still a majority view ( 68% ) that the inclusion of a merit level award was appropriate , although respondents stressed that the award of merit needed to be firmly rooted in identifiable and different levels of competence and not on comparisons between candidates . |
| 29 | The British replied by building up their forces in the jungles and coastal waters of Borneo : for there was still a defence agreement with Malaysia . |
| 30 | There was still a material tax charge despite the significant exceptional charges recorded in 1992 . |