Example sentences of "is still a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is still a fledging sport north of the Border , women 's rugby is growing fast with teams starting up from Livingston to Lerwick . |
| 2 | Runner-up David Broome — at 51 proving he is still a major world threat — could only get to within just under three seconds of Bost 's time . |
| 3 | It is still a major world religion , adhered to by millions , and has affected the cultures of Europe , Russia , the United States , Canada , Australia and New Zealand , many societies in Latin America , and in sub-Saharan Africa . |
| 4 | Shrewsbury is still a traditional market town , so employment patterns , especially for women , are different from those to be found in urban areas . |
| 5 | One of the last of these for which permission was formally given took place in Assam , the north-east province of India where there is still a reasonable elephant population . |
| 6 | There is still a three-month waiting list for the cars , but even so , Caterham saw its turnover drop from a £9.4m peak in 1991 to £8.3m this year , and is forecasting a further drop next year , even though it has managed to increase its export sales a little . |
| 7 | In 1934/35 , Frank Fraser Darling made the first intensive study of deer , and his book A Herd of Red Deer is still a valuable source book . |
| 8 | Imagine a normal single coil split in the middle , with one side then reversed ; the result is still a single coil pickup but one which is n't susceptible to noise . |
| 9 | The surface may be bowed into a curve by tensioning the two cross-spars and , while this contributes a lot to stability , the Rokkaku is still a single line fighting kite . |
| 10 | This is still a binding holiday agreement on both you and us , but we have set it out in plain English , in a way that we hope you will find informative and easy to read . |
| 11 | Acquiring working specimens of significant volume-production personal computer since 1977 , and their variant upgrades , is still a realistic acquisition objective . |
| 12 | There is still a high integration workload and the business has to look further out into the future to enable it to respond to the changes and opportunities likely to occur in the industry . |
| 13 | Despite the peacefulness of the waterfront , the town is still a bustling fishing port and has many good restaurants and a lively night market . |
| 14 | Harry 's cricket career was cut short in the 1930s when he hurt his back but he is still an avid cricket fan . |
| 15 | Just how many bodies is still an open ques tion . |
| 16 | The harbour town of Watchet has a history going back over a thousand years and is still an active trading port . |