Example sentences of "[conj] still [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hereabouts , there are more signs of human occupation , albeit still on a small scale : small townships , scattered crofts , and a few large hotels to suggest that we are entering an area frequented by tourists . |
| 2 | Our mountain — Chong Kumdan — lay to the east of the Siachen , and although still in a sensitive area , was far enough from the fighting to persuade government officials to sanction our visit . |
| 3 | But the Liverpool man — a player with Middlesbrough 15 years ago , and still with a soft spot for the Teesiders , had a message of hope . |
| 4 | Branches lay across the mouth of a pottery urn , their budding twigs stiff and still in a difficult death . |
| 5 | By now arranging things so that the blades go down to -½° to -2° when the throttle is fully closed , a landing approach can be made with the blades at zero , or slightly negative pitch , but still at a moderate throttle setting to give full control . |
| 6 | More narrowly , but still at a high level of generality , some variables may function as identity markers for whole status groups or for larger regions than merely an inner-city community . |
| 7 | And would they still get the income support after that but still at a reduced rate or not ? |
| 8 | As one aerospace industry executive puts it , ‘ I can imagine us in 2000 with no space station , but still with a space-station programme ’ . |
| 9 | If your balance is correct , dramatic passing shots hit on the run become possible , followed by quick recovery while still in a balanced position . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Note the improvement ( though still to a high level ) in and the more modest improvement in between the first and the second repetitions . |
| 12 | A hot bath , followed by a cold shower worked wonders for his circulation , and he was now able to move more freely , though still with a pronounced limp . |