Example sentences of "[subord] still [prep] [art] [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 | Although still on the top floor , they now had lifts , or rather elevators , to take them up and once inside the dressing-room each Girl had her own mirror well lit by bulbs surrounding three sides just as they had seen in the films . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In 1898 , while still on the Royal Navy retired list , Cumming was posted to Nelson 's old flagship Victory ‘ for special service at Southampton ’ . |
| 5 | If your balance is correct , dramatic passing shots hit on the run become possible , followed by quick recovery while still in a balanced position . |
| 6 | The Smiths , with their traditional bass/drums/guitar set up , were in grave danger of sounding out-moded while still in the embryonic stage . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Note the improvement ( though still to a high level ) in and the more modest improvement in between the first and the second repetitions . |
| 9 | 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 . |