Example sentences of "[noun prp] is still [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 30 years of research , Clarins is still fascinated by the beauty secrets of plants . |
| 2 | Wright is still suffering with the groin injury that ruled him out of England 's World Cup qualifier 12 days ago , while Adams also missed the Chelsea defeat after falling down some stairs on a night out last week , and needing 29 stitches in a cut forehead . |
| 3 | The levy in mass against the Gauls is still mentioned in the charter granted to the " colonia Genetiva Julia " in Spain in 44 B.C. , when it was presumably a simple piece of antiquarianism , if it did not allude to Caesar 's recent wars . |
| 4 | It is easy to forget , for instance , that the Bank of England is still nursing along the remains of that 1970s darling , Slater-Walker . |
| 5 | The Blackpool Brook is still channelled beneath the cottages , now passing unhindered through a tunnel . |
| 6 | And we know , of course , that the Atlantic is still tearing along the dotted line down its centre , albeit very slowly in human terms . |
| 7 | MUD being transported away by lorries as part of a dredging scheme on the River Lagan is still spilling into the streets of the Lower Ormeau , the local residents ' group has claimed . |
| 8 | Sixty per cent of electricity in Lithuania is generated by two RBMK-1500 reactors ; 40 per cent in the Ukraine is produced by nuclear power stations ; and 50 per cent in Kiev is still supplied by the part of Chernobyl that remains in operation . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the decision was enough to make Labour 's ‘ sister party ’ bring down the last Labour Government and the working class throughout the UK is still paying for the SDLP 's pettiness . |
| 10 | Furthermore , as Hong Kong is still affiliated to the Rugby Union , Dudley Wood , the RU secretary , acknowledges that ‘ we will have to look into the matter ’ . |
| 11 | However ‘ high ’ a Christology one may have , the divine nature of Christ is still bonded to the human nature of a human who was male . |
| 12 | George said : ‘ Major Maxim is still working to the private Office . ’ |
| 13 | Twenty-five-year old India Miller is still reeling from the shock of being named 1991 Scottish Hairdresser of the Year . |
| 14 | Not normally thought of as an apologist , Souness is still traumatised by the tackle which left Hibernian 's George McCluskey needing nine stitches in a knee wound . |
| 15 | For of course the Pacific is still influenced by the Atlantic that once dominated the world : the ties that bound the world together yesterday — personified by the men and women who came out from the West to trade or to peddle religion , to colonize , annex , smuggle or fight — these ties still exist today , though more weakly , with less influence and fewer and fewer people enrolled in the process . |
| 16 | Complicating the whole issue is the fact that the US is still deciding on the future for all its remote-sensing satellites . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , the Prime Minister has stressed Britain is still committed to the Trident missile programme . |
| 18 | Mrs Thatcher is still seen in the United States as the staunchest of its allies . |
| 19 | After pleasing the crowds for nearly 40 years , Neil Coles is still turning on the style for the PGA European Seniors ' Tour . |
| 20 | For example , Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers is still looking for the index to end the year between 2,300 and 2,400 . |
| 21 | After all , Colin is still standing in the middle with a guitar . |
| 22 | Marketing director Jim Bradford says JWT is still included in the review , but confirms the other agencies involved have now been dropped . |
| 23 | Jenkins is still suffering from the effects of an ankle ligament injury . |
| 24 | While contemporaries like Robin Williams and Steve Martin have collapsed gratefully , if not entirely gracefully , into the moneyed embrace of Hollywood , Emo Philips is still waiting for the call . |
| 25 | The five-year plan — despite liberalisation , India is still locked into the shackles of state planning — which runs until March 1997 calls for investment of $12,900m for telecommunications . |
| 26 | Cecil Moores has passed on , but John is still going at the age of 96 . |
| 27 | It is as though Wick is still waiting for the fishing to come back , drink no longer a fuel , but a solace . |
| 28 | Nine months on Mr Boulton is still waiting for the two and a half thousand pounds he claims Brit-Pol owes him for the coach . |