Example sentences of "it still [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In India , however , it still remains a living force , playing a prominent role in the lives of millions of people . |
| 2 | But it still remains a heavy burden for people on ordinary wages and salaries to provide an adequate pension for themselves . |
| 3 | Although laws were passed in the 1960s , reducing the share of United States ' capital in the firm , it still remains the major shareholder . |
| 4 | Okay , so it still takes the best part of an hour to move the next ten paces past passport control . |
| 5 | Among other features of the road it is interesting to see how it still forms the northern boundary of Kirtlington Park , to the east of the Cherwell , and the southern boundary of Tackley Park , on the other side of the river . |
| 6 | It lights up but it erm you turn to the regulo love and it still stays the same level which is you know , sort of you know , little . |
| 7 | It still keeps the uniform business rate . |
| 8 | The building has been carefully restored and in the process has lost its Medieval atmosphere , but it still retains a remarkable vault , supported on rows of octagonal piers , which covers the whole hall church interior . |
| 9 | It still retains a medieval shop window . |
| 10 | But it still retains the liberal tradition of ‘ rescue ’ in its definition of responsibility . |
| 11 | Bright beer is certainly preferable to a fully-fledged keg but it still lacks the rounded flavour of a cask beer and is served too gassy and too cold . |
| 12 | Even if , as conservationists hope , the European Parliament addresses the problem of the administration of structural funds , it still lacks the institutional power to oversee the work of the Commission 's multiple directorates . |
| 13 | Ian Rock , the chief executive , said yesterday : ‘ The group 's position is more stable than for some time , but it still requires a substantial improvement in the economy and a solution to the group 's gearing before it can achieve satisfactory returns on shareholders ’ funds . ’ |
| 14 | Here at least is an honourable attempt to deal with a serious theme ; though based on a true story , it still leaves a lingering suspicion that life is not quite so neat . |
| 15 | Useful though this information is , however , it still leaves the central question open of whether the figures came to Britain in antiquity or more recently . |
| 16 | While not so attractive as the male it still shows the red stripes down the side and a hint of the red spots in the caudal peduncle . |
| 17 | Its debts total a staggering £1.3bn and although interest rates have crashed in the past two years , it still needs a massive cash flow to keep the banks happy . |
| 18 | Barley thrives in somewhat cooler climes and , being less ‘ hungry ’ , does not need such rich soil — it tends to grow too long and ‘ lodge ’ on very strong soils — but it still needs a longish season to ripen well . |
| 19 | Remarkably simple yet it still needs an awful lot of erm individ er people teams of people back at head office backing you know know what I mean . |
| 20 | The building dates back to the early 1800s and although it was partly rebuilt in the early 1900s it still resembles the original design . |
| 21 | He believes it still has a long way to go . |
| 22 | Kubota has at least half a dozen Alpha chips in the labs , but says it still has a long way to go before there is sufficient software support to bring out the Titan 2.0 . |
| 23 | Even if Hanson holds on to the British end of the ARC operation , it still has a long list of ConsGold assets to offload including : |
| 24 | Although it still has a stronger name on the track , the 1992 road range builds on the strength of previous years . |
| 25 | It still has a Romanesque nave with large circular columns ; these have varying types of cushion capitals , and chevron decoration remains on one or two of the nave arcade arches ( 364 and 366 ) . |
| 26 | Indeed , as we will see later , it still has a significant role to play even when the latest presentation graphics software is being used to generate the information . |
| 27 | The lower dam has been breached and most of the signs of its previous existence are gone , while the upper dam , though it still has a fine water race below it , is silted over and is now a peaty , muddy reed-bed . |
| 28 | Although the house , originally a simple hall house , has been extended and altered at least five times over nearly 600 years , it still has an overall integrity due to the use of matching materials , traditional forms and construction . |
| 29 | Without the use of anything but the simplest words , this sentence leaves its meaning entirely clear , and yet it still has an emotional quality that can not be forgotten . |
| 30 | The empirical question , then , is whether common sense has been so changed by the new materialist hegemony , or whether , as Gramsci believed , it still has an independent existence in modern consciousness . |