Example sentences of "still [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 The line still represents a real challenge to footplate crews and one of the major attractions as far as enthusiasts are concerned is to hear the engines working under pressure on the slopes of the Rheidol Valley .
2 The group still has a genuine commitment to fanzines .
3 Not yet sixteen , Dick still has a youthful attitude to adventure and the new challenge makes him feel , as he says , like a tightrope walker ; but , to the reader , the impetus of personality has somehow been lost .
4 The Government still has a myopic attitude to spending .
5 As much as he is thoroughly yankified , known to all the world as Jimmy Lin , with his high-rise apartment on the Upper West Side and scarcely a trace of an accent , he none the less still feels a strong connection to his native island .
6 But the Norwich fighter still poses a heavy threat to their pretensions to Bowe 's crown .
7 PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN DECLINE , BUT THIS FERRY STILL PROVIDES AN ESSENTIAL LINK TO THE ISLE OF ISLAY IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS ( SOURCE : D. G. LOCKHART )
8 It adds that , although he lives in Macclesfield , he still makes a weekly trip to his flat in North London ‘ to keep in touch with the seamier side of life which often inspires his work ’ — a habit which has qualified him uniquely to illustrate Mr Boot 's Unauthorised Returns .
9 But this evidence still leaves a large gap to be filled between the early fifth century and St Cuthbert 's visit .
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