Example sentences of "still [vb base] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , one or two of them are a little contrived , but they still make for a cracking package — all in one load too ! |
| 2 | If you 're not really overweight but still suffer with a little sponginess and skin slackening , try Clarins Firming Body Cream , £20.40/200ml , with stimulating rosemary , sage and mint extracts . |
| 3 | Scottish & Newcastle ( McEwans and Youngers beers , Newcastle Brown ) have a relatively low holding of tied public houses ( which are mainly in Scotland and the North East ) , but still account for a significant proportion of total beer sales , partly through sales to free houses and partly through the strong position of their brands in the off-licence trade . |
| 4 | In the present generations of younger women , very few never marry so this particular source of family care has almost dried up , although there is evidence that never-married women still account for a disproportionate number of unpaid carers ( Finch and Groves , 1980 ; Lewis and Meredith , 1988 ) . |
| 5 | A few writers still speak of a permanent discontinuity between the biological sciences and the social sciences , grounded in epistemology ( Eccles , 1980 ) or at least forced by a fundamental difference in goals ( Hampshire , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ And you still worry about a foolish dream , when I 'm close to you ? |
| 7 | They also suggested that the building , whose 14 columns still stand as a striking landmark of the site , was erected probably in two phases in the first century BC . |
| 8 | Is it possible to disconnect each thing from itself and still arrive at a recognisable record ? |
| 9 | The West Germans still talk about a full EMU not being operational before the summer of 1994 — when the next direct elections to the European Parliament are due . |
| 10 | Since most people still live within a mundane world view , we also need to keep a foot in both worlds , to stay grounded in common-sense reality , to acknowledge that ‘ This might sound crazy , but I think that blocked sink ( or flock of seagulls , or broken light bulb ) was a message to myself . ’ |
| 11 | For the evidence set out above suggests that the heads of the central figures , which still relate to a certain extent to the work of 1906 and which were almost certainly the first to be painted , were not executed until the Iberian stone heads came into Picasso 's possession in March 1907 . |