Example sentences of "[is] still [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winner carried the famous ‘ Teaplanter ’ colours of owner Richard Russell who missed the ride as he is still recovering from a bad early season fall . |
| 2 | Mick Lyons has departed the scene , All Ireland captain Liam Hayes is still recovering from a broken arm , although one of the sport 's enduring personalities Colm O'Rourke has rejoined the squad after a 10 month absence . |
| 3 | And Taylor showed his brain is still functioning with a resilient game plan that countered Brazil 's touch-passing and darting spin-offs . |
| 4 | Team Millar rider McWilliams , who is still looking for a 500 Grand Prix finish , had a constructive finish and felt he could have been higher in the table , but for the rain . |
| 5 | His Queensland team-mate , Michael Doohan , the winner in Japan , set the qualifying pace ahead of defending champion Wayne Rainey , on a Yahama , and Kevin Schwantz , the Suzuki team leader , who is still looking for a first major title breakthrough . |
| 6 | The liquidator , Chris Ashurst of Brighton-based Neville Russell , says that he is still looking for a missing £1m of stock and is keen to hear from anyone who bought OCT machines from anywhere other than the London direct-sales team , or the liquidators ' auction held in Bristol . |
| 7 | CHELSEA manager Ian Porterfield is still searching for a top class goalkeeper despite the heroics of stand-in Kevin Hitchcock . |
| 8 | Toshiba Corp is still working on a fault-tolerant Sparc box using Sequoia Systems Inc software but ended talks on buying Sequoia 's Motorola Inc kit OEM in the meantime . |
| 9 | The person who is feeling stable , confident and optimistic is far less likely to mind being alone than someone who is still reeling from a major bereavement or break-up . |
| 10 | HARSH new cigarette packaging regulations have stunned Australia 's tobacco industry , which is still reeling from a total ban on tobacco sponsorship of sport and on all forms of advertising except at the point of sale from July next year . |
| 11 | Dr Swire is still campaigning for a public inquiry into Lockerbie . |