Example sentences of "still [verb] on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A recent survey of selection methods used by companies in both Britain and France for management selection , demonstrated that although the number of British companies using psychological tests had increased since an earlier survey carried out in 1984 ( Robertson and Makin , 1986 ) most organisations still relied on the traditional selection methods of the application form , interview and letters of reference ( Shackleton and Newell , 1991 ) . |
| 2 | One of Ibrahim 's former Jewish tenants still lived on the second floor . |
| 3 | Some want softer balls or smaller frames to ensure rallies can still exist on the quickest surface of them all . |
| 4 | Which just goes to show how strong a hold The Birthday Party still has on the public imagination . |
| 5 | The last reverberations of the gong were still vibrating on the still air when a door down the corridor burst open and young girl raced out onto the landing , heading for the stairs . |
| 6 | This was not very difficult ; the Spanish still did not recognize other colonies in the Caribbean and the old rule of ‘ no peace beyond the line ’ went on , so that West Indian governments could still recruit on an official basis men who were committed to fighting against the Spanish whether the governments thought they were at war or not . |
| 7 | And the sport of Kings is still pursued on the nearby downland at the famous Brighton Race Course . |
| 8 | Some have been able to introduce charges for particular tourist attractions , but a large number still depend on the good will of visitors , too many of whom studiously ignore the collection box . |
| 9 | On the evidence in the present case I am satisfied that one reason why the plaintiff did so much for the deceased was her belief that , although she was not a blood relative of his , he would leave his estate to her on his death ; but , on the authority of Greasley v Cooke [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1306 , if the evidence was not sufficient to establish this positively , the plaintiff would still succeed on the fourth element in the absence of proof that she did not rely on the deceased 's statements . |
| 10 | Daphne treated them all with the same disdain , confiding in me that her one true love was still serving on the Western Front — not that she once mentioned his name in my presence . |
| 11 | Physicians should be aware that the diagnosis of CO poisoning still depends on a high degree of clinical suspicion and direct measurement of CO . |
| 12 | Normal response to the test , however , still depends on an intact nerve supply . |
| 13 | Even if we do find such conventions , the appeal of the conception still depends on the political ideal of protected expectations . |
| 14 | Music hall had shown Eliot that the chorus of the Greek drama in whose primitive origins he had exhibited such interest , could still work on the modern stage . |
| 15 | It so happened that the local station was still waiting on the True Brit for recognition of a tidbit passed on to that paper six months ago about a rural dean and a lady elephant-tamer . |
| 16 | Both types have been treated to the SAAF 's exacting maintenance standards and very likely represent the best of their breed still flying on a day-to-day basis . |
| 17 | Sun Sparc-based machines have 57% of the European RISC-based workstation market according to IDC : MIPS R-series is in second place with 19% , IBM Corp 's Power is third with 10% and HP 's PA fourth with 8% — its low showing reflecting the fact that most of its installed base of workstations are still based on the 68000 line . |
| 18 | Swapo thought they could still depend on the Damara vote . |
| 19 | The results of these measures will for some time be inconclusive , if only because parties to an experiment must still depend on the larger part of the economy which continues to operate according to traditional principles . |
| 20 | The argument for neutrality still rests on the further assumption that it is in people 's highest interest to adopt principles fulfilling the social role of justice . |
| 21 | Ms Nadia Comaneci was still performing on the long bar for Romania , but her gymnastic trainers had already defected to the US . |
| 22 | Bem ( 1979b , 1983 ) tries to impart social validity to the cognitive approach ; but she still relies on a cognitive concept , that of the schema , to explain how gender relations become an integral part of subjectivity . |
| 23 | It is clear that until April 1102 the pope was still insisting on the full observance of his predecessor 's decrees . |
| 24 | Rather lovable in spite of all ’ — was recorded at age 7 and still remained on the secondary school record at age 14 . |
| 25 | Dierdriu was still seated on the High Throne , watching him , and Fergus knew a quick anticipation , and thought : is she about to tell me the truth about my birth ? and was both intrigued and apprehensive , for he had never been told anything of his true parents . |
| 26 | But his eyes were still fixed on the little bed , trying to make out any movement in or upon it . |
| 27 | Be that as it may , the buyer can still rely on the general merchantability provision in s14(2) . |
| 28 | And there 's cranes still standing on an empty river , |
| 29 | Steve Morrell of King 's School , Chester , hit a hat-trick against Repton but still finished on the losing side . |
| 30 | Ipswich Town ended their goal famine in style — but still finished on the losing side in a thrilling see-saw match at The Dell . |