Example sentences of "is still [art] [noun] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 To be a spinster is not quite the abnormality it was in Austen 's day , but it is still a fate to be avoided .
2 ‘ I am enjoying my job more than ever and there is still a lot to be done with PRCS , so all the speculation is a bit silly . ’
3 Three points from the last four available after five straight defeats is the reward for the manager 's faith and the sudden realisation that the First Division beckoned has focused minds magnificently as Jefferies acknowledged when he said : ‘ There is still a lot to be done but if the players show the same attitude for the rest of the season we wo n't go down .
4 But the dispute also made it clear to President Chamorro that the Nicaraguan left is still a force to be reckoned with .
5 There was not a soul to be seen , and apart from a hammering noise echoing from somewhere distant , and an occasional coughing in a room to the back of the house , there is still no sound to be heard .
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