Example sentences of "still [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Phoenicians , and in particular the Carthaginians , are still given pride of place in our handbooks for their institutions and their colonization because the Greeks recognized themselves in such things . |
| 2 | Even if firms were completely market orientated , they would still make errors of judgement from time to time . |
| 3 | It might also be argued that despite recent legislation ( some would say because of it ) parent-teacher relations are still too often fraught with fear , suspicion and misunderstanding ; that there is still too much teacher stereotyping of ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ homes and parents ; and that many parents still lack power in relation to their parental rights and responsibilities . |
| 4 | And , as the IFS points out , the system still encourages perks in place of straightforward pay , because these still do not bear national insurance charges . |
| 5 | Around the harbour , fishermen 's tavernas still jostle side by side with the newer cafés and bars which have sprung up to cater for the younger market , and the main daytime activity seems to be relaxing over a quiet glass of something while watching the boats chug in and out . |
| 6 | Although he stressed that Sotheby 's had ceased their practice of guaranteeing items in January 1989 Mr Ainslie conceded that the company still owned works of art as a result of this policy . |
| 7 | Members still enjoy freedom from arrest for a period extending from 40 days before the commencement of a session to 40 days after it . |
| 8 | The cloud is quite a bit thinner than yesterday , but the sequence still shows movement from east to west , which is n't good news when the north sea is cold . |
| 9 | Some still threw buckets of snow into the small flames that lived . |
| 10 | Mm , mm I 'm sure , has he still got car in garage like ? |
| 11 | The pyramids were already 2,000 years old when Herodotus visited them in the middle of the fifth century BC , but he found the Egyptians still told tales of misery about their construction , the horrors suffered by the populace . |
| 12 | A local authority may still claim privilege against disclosure in these circumstances and the court will then have to balance the two competing public interests as in Re M. ( c ) Privilege against incrimination Another form of privilege which may be claimed by a witness is the privilege against incrimination of self or spouse . |
| 13 | People still exhibit articles for sale on the quayside for visiting cruise ships , but boys no longer dive into the murky waters . |
| 14 | But they are still surviving and they were surviving and still paying rent on land before nineteen forty nine . |
| 15 | The Herbarium photocopier was still giving cause for concern in respect of a lack of information and instruction on its use . |
| 16 | Carol White was still having problems with sequencing at three-and-a-half-years : ‘ Again and again , there are … indications of how slight is the small child 's sense of continuity ’ ( White , 1954 , p.56 ) . |
| 17 | They were both still standing side by side at the balustrade , elbows leaning on the top rail . |
| 18 | That said , the crew of the Enterprise still gives value for money as the reluctant honour guard to a Klingon delegation suing for peace . |
| 19 | Will he further confirm that the consequences of the Scottish National party 's policies would be to deprive many hundreds of people of their employment at Rosyth and on the Clyde while still leaving Scotland at risk from the consequences of a nuclear attack on Barrow or on the north of England ? |
| 20 | Maturities vary but they tend to be longer than those for conventional stocks ; only three of the 13 stocks outstanding at end-September , 1991 had maturity dates before the end of the century and several still had terms to maturity in excess of 20 years . |
| 21 | Even after the Man City pitch invasion against Spurs , they still serve bottles of beer at the burger bar . |
| 22 | Agosti still faced charges of involvement in the 1976 coup which overthrew President María Estela ( Isabelita ) de Martínez Perón [ see pp. 27741-43 ] , but military trials had been effectively suspended in April 1989 when the Supreme Court decided to examine the documentation pertaining to all cases involving military officers accused of human rights abuses in 1976-83 . |
| 23 | Despite the difficulties , people still regard access to education for their children as a ‘ passport out of poverty ’ . |
| 24 | Picking himself up , he threw his arms around the yeoman who was still plucking shreds of apple off his jerkin . |
| 25 | One of them , a leather skirt she made for Dannii , still occupies pride of place in her little sister 's wardrobe . |
| 26 | Chea Sim , Hun Sen and Heng Samrin were the only members of the Kampuchean People 's Revolutionary Council placed in power by the Vietnamese in 1979 who still held positions of power in Phnom Penh . |
| 27 | It still leaves room for doubt about whether a fifty-year cycle is evident from the data . |
| 28 | But I still have twinges of uncertainty about my place within the wider Black women 's struggle . |
| 29 | Mrs Nixon still cherishes letters of appreciation from eminent people . |