Example sentences of "[noun] still [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually teachers were able to shake themselves free of the legal requirement to supervise at lunchtime , though the responsibility tor the good management of the school during the break still remains with the headteacher . |
| 2 | Actions under the Act differ from those at common law in that the consumer does not have to prove fault , but causation still needs to be established and the burden of proof is on the consumer . |
| 3 | On the other hand the structural analysis of the language only tells part of the story ; the question how structural features contribute to the text 's overall effect still remains to be answered by the critic . |
| 4 | Texas still has about the weakest campaign-finance laws of any big state , and some of its politicians still rely on lobbyists to pay for everything from trips and meals to golf tournaments . |
| 5 | Is the Secretary of State aware that the United States still appears to be at war with Vietnam and that it is blocking all aid and trade in the International Monetary Fund and World bank and through misuse of the COCOM regulations ? |
| 6 | I am saddened to find that such thinking still exists within the profession . |
| 7 | The form in which , however , the tension still emerges in the in-service education of teachers and in such training as is provided for education management in the period after the 1988 Education Reform Act is that of a preoccupation with the separate skills and tasks of management . |
| 8 | The authentic Sky Catalogue 2000.0 ( Cambridge University Press/Sky Publishing Corporation , 1982 ) gives its luminosity as 200000 times that of the Sun ; even if this is too high , Canopus still qualifies as a cosmic searchlight . |
| 9 | Hansford still plays at 70 and has no plans to retire . |
| 10 | For the next four months the Prime Minister 's horse still has to be kept in Quarantine in Moscow and in London , Then finally John Majors will get the birthday present he never really wanted in the first place . |
| 11 | Finally , in view of the crucial part which the further education sector plays in the educational and economic well-being of Wales , not least in the way in which it caters for the indigenous population , it is regrettable that too big a gap still exists between it and the secondary school sector and too few Welshmen and women , particularly perhaps among those who are Welsh speaking , recognize its many achievements in the past and the vital contribution which it will be called upon to make in the future . |
| 12 | TI still expects to double total Viking production this quarter over last quarter to 40,000 units . |
| 13 | And that today Jean still resorts to cutting herself , reflects her basic lack of self-esteem , as well as her need to try to ‘ reach ’ someone who will be able to give her the help she so desperately needs . |
| 14 | Perhaps more important , and there are close parallels here to our critique of ethology and sociobiology , Freud still skirts round the difficult question of how primordial instincts are socially constructed . |
| 15 | The faithful in Scotland called Elgin Cathedral ‘ The Lanthorn of the North ’ , drawing them to the peace and Christian power of the place , and its light still shines through the ruined windows and stone crosses : moss , whether on old garden walls , or as here , in ancient grounds , encourages reflection . |
| 16 | Even if we do find such conventions , the appeal of the conception still depends on the political ideal of protected expectations . |
| 17 | A European Economic Interest Grouping has already been approved , but the long awaited European Company Statute still lies on the table . |
| 18 | A substantial stone-lined stepped culvert that supplied water to the wheel still remains under the lane and empties back into the stream via a long tail-race to the rear of the mill . |
| 19 | The Native people acknowledged the apology , but made it clear that cultural oppression still prevails in many parts of North America . |
| 20 | No system is perfect , though , and a great deal still depends on the skill and experience of the excavation team ; to a larger extent , an excavation is only as good as its excavators . |
| 21 | Although the £2.7 million deal still has to be formalised , the Blackburn manager said : ‘ We are delighted . |
| 22 | A long way from here the amiable and taggled sheep are still curling together in the roadside bus shelter and the wind still moves through the unclad trees . |
| 23 | Its massive cyclopean ring of masonry still stands to a height of 3 metres . |
| 24 | Despite her success , Buchi Emecheta still feels about this country much as she did when she first arrived 30 years ago , on a grey March morning in Liverpool . |
| 25 | As will become clear tonight , the construction industry still suffers from the irresponsible cuts imposed by the Government . |
| 26 | Mr Li 's future still depends on public amnesia about the massacre . |
| 27 | A third of SNI 's revenue still comes from mainframes , and 18 new 7500 machines running the enhanced BS2000/OSD1 operating system — promised to be Posix compliant and running the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment by the end of 1994 — will also emerge at Hannover . |
| 28 | Equally , your murder still needs to be , in so far as you can contrive it without becoming ridiculous , attention-grabbing . |
| 29 | Local folk religion still continues in some forms . |
| 30 | Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance . |