Example sentences of "be still [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You know , er , and we 're still achieving the same job at a lot higher standard . |
| 2 | ‘ We have to get back to a position where investors want to invest in unquoted companies and believe they 're still getting a good return , but I do n't think that will be the 30% they might have been promised . ’ |
| 3 | What might have been first visualised as a basic low cost word processor might have transformed into a full blown all bells and whistles application that has spreadsheets and databases built in , yet , if you 're still using the first release , you could be losing out . |
| 4 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 5 | Er sometimes I always laugh I say it 's funny when erm it 's about twenty degrees outside they 're still wearing the same dress and when it 's minus fifteen or ten they 're still wearing the same dress . |
| 6 | Er sometimes I always laugh I say it 's funny when erm it 's about twenty degrees outside they 're still wearing the same dress and when it 's minus fifteen or ten they 're still wearing the same dress . |
| 7 | No , they 're still fighting the good fight . |
| 8 | They 're still doing a wee bit there . |
| 9 | The analysts have now downgraded their inflation forecasts for the rest of this year , but many are still expecting the underlying rate to creep back up to the top of the Chancellor 's target range of 4 per cent and above this summer . |
| 10 | Health service staff and managers are still developing the new skills and the framework necessary to offer a quality community care service . |
| 11 | With one hand people are placing children while on the other hand they are still encouraging the natural parents to think there 's some chance of having them back ! |
| 12 | If you are still using a standard radio system and only wish to execute the occasional loop or roll , then you can continue with your existing equipment , but you should realise that you are not going to be able to perform round loops or axial rolls . |
| 13 | Thus we are still using the Darwinian model of evolution by natural selection , but the entities to which we are applying it are populations , or species , and not individuals as in most applications of the idea . |
| 14 | As these letters have had no discernible effect and The Awesome Three boys are still enjoying the odd night tying up white-clad virgins and offering them up to the Devil , the incensed mothers have now taken to writing to the band 's parents . |
| 15 | The shares are still looking a long way ahead . |
| 16 | The total stress ( we are still considering a two-dimensional flow for which the boundary layer equations apply ) . |
| 17 | After the initial whisky or gin and tonic move on to plain ginger ale or tonic water with ice and lemon which will give the impression , if necessary , that you are still drinking the real thing . |
| 18 | He and the mother are still telling the same story . |
| 19 | As we have seen , the inheritance of wealth and educational advantage make this ideology of ‘ free competition for unequal reward ’ a very dubious claim , but in studying social mobility we are still comparing the actual amount of social mobility with the ideal of totally free movement through totally equal opportunity . |
| 20 | But while they are determined to make hay while the sun shines , farmers are still watching the monetary horizons for the clouds of revaluation and are ready to scamper for figurative shelter if the rains of realignment fall . |
| 21 | But officially as least the police are still keeping an open mind . |
| 22 | The addition of this weakling to the family of Test nations will seen them merely tolerated as non-profitable visitors , lower on the scale even than Sri Lanka , who are still awaiting a first invitation to play West Indies after 10 years of Test status . |
| 23 | Hills are still offering the magnificent odds of 1–7 on , because , according to their spokesperson , Man U have a habit of buggering it all up ( Heh , heh , heh — do n't we know ) |
| 24 | Recipes for disaster will probably take the following form : the ticket will say 7.15 pm for 7.45 pm , and at 8.30 pm ‘ the lads ’ are still attacking the free bar . |
| 25 | They are still occupying the lower status jobs , and bringing up a family has often meant interruptions to education or professional training . |
| 26 | Edward Clarke , managing director of Swift Lift , says the evenness of the pile is particularly important when handling crops which are still carrying a high soil content . |
| 27 | and I know it 's too close but I 'm still getting a good wash . |
| 28 | After we had drunk the coffee , Kelly said , ‘ Do you notice that I 'm still wearing the blue boots you gave me for my birthday ? |
| 29 | ‘ Well , I 'm still using the standard setup : five strings on the treble , five strings on the bass and a range of five and a quarter octaves . |
| 30 | However , the regular use of overtime meant that adult male manual workers were still undertaking an average week of 44.2 hours in 1988 . |