Example sentences of "still [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boys-only choir will ensure the continuity of a traditional male choir at a time when the authenticity of musical performance still receives widespread emphasis . |
| 2 | Tenterden Station was featured in the first television series and although shown over two years ago the railway still receives numerous visitors on ‘ Darling Buds Country ’ coach tours . |
| 3 | The historic Jewellery Quarter , close to the city centre , still displays traditional skills of silver and goldsmithing , with the opportunity to see craftsmen at work . |
| 4 | Men in particular may find this is a problem when the idea still persists that being able to hold your alcohol proves what a great guy you are . |
| 5 | Today , this dramatic loch still produces superb trout of unequalled quality ; and sea-trout , fresh from the tide that races through the outlet at Bridge of Waithie into Bay of Ireland and Hoy Sound . |
| 6 | Since the Second World War the Sussex has become a stronger colour-marker , much neater of shoulder than the powerful draught type of old , shorter in the leg and better in the hindquarters , and it still produces lean , marbled meat , especially in the prime cuts . |
| 7 | Strach has been on his last legs for the past 2 seasons and while he still produces high quality performances more often than not he is looking more tired with each game he plays , not suprising for someone of his age . |
| 8 | The Lion Salt Works , beside the Trent and Mersey Canal , is the only firm in Britain that still produces natural salt by open-pan boiling . |
| 9 | This most unusual book tells the intriguing story of e library of Alexandria which was one of the wonders of the Ancient World and still fascinates Western culture over 2000 years later . |
| 10 | This service averages over five hundred separate insertions per month , and while in the strictest sense of the term you do pay for it via the call charge , it still represents amazing value for money . |
| 11 | The budget still represents one of the major sources of executive-assembly controversy . |
| 12 | But that 's more the price of a Cavalier 16v 4x4 than a Carlton 24v , so the Dodge still represents terrific value . |
| 13 | They have gone up somewhat since then , but Aberdovey still represents some of the best value golf in Britain . |
| 14 | But the latter still involves psychic repression : the identity of the normal is inseparable from , rooted in , what it is not , what is socially excluded . |
| 15 | It is important , however , to realise that discipleship still involves this sacrifice for some . |
| 16 | As a result , overtones of totality came to be attached to the word — for example , he 's altogether washed up — and the term still denotes absolute nakedness . |
| 17 | One such influential doctrine of this order which , though now discredited in its strong form , still influences methodological thinking is the notion of " operational definitions " . |
| 18 | It is always so annoying when one has made a particular effort to check a point and something still goes wrong . |
| 19 | If it still goes wrong on the day , never mind . |
| 20 | I cough a bit but it still tastes good . |
| 21 | But the problem still haunts many families . |
| 22 | Indeed , even those who endure a great deal of suffering and loneliness will nonetheless claim that life still offers rich and satisfying experiences . |
| 23 | Though now a shell , having been stabilized by the British Historic Buildings Trust , Pell Wall still offers great potential for a number of uses . |
| 24 | Of course , if carbon tubes are used instead of glass fibre , and the sail is extended into angular camber by fitting a pair of vertical stand-offs from the rear cross-spar to the sail trailing edge , then performance will be enhanced.This is a good design which accepts experiment but still offers all the novice seeks , as it comes . |
| 25 | Nothing Spartan about present-day Scourie ; but the board master still sits alone at meal-times , at a small table at the side of the dining-room , divorced from the influence of other guests . |
| 26 | That peal of exile first heard in Hand in Glove still rings true in moments on Viva Hate ! and no doubt always will , no matter what follows , in the same way that traces of wantonness persist in Jagger 's voice , beneath all the mannered overlay of time . |
| 27 | Give them what they want and you will get their support even in these difficult times , ’ was Chapman 's eternal advice , and it still rings true . |
| 28 | ‘ Long ago and far away ’ still rings true in my memory . |
| 29 | Mr Twyble took over as Captain and still holds that position . |
| 30 | Although this conference comment is now well over fifteen years old it still holds good . |