Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as you turn it up , it 's gon na pull straight , that bit still did n't do it so we went to the other side , put the cramp the other way and having put that one down and that one up , now if you sight that now through there |
| 2 | ‘ That storm still looks as if it 's building up to me , ’ said Jimmy . |
| 3 | There may be more overlap between levels than in the smaller library but each level still has training needs to be met , and those needs do not differ greatly from those indicated . ’ |
| 4 | There may be more overlap between levels in the smaller library but each level still has training needs to be met and those needs do not differ greatly from those indicated . ’ |
| 5 | Yet as long as France and Germany remain committed to it , the programme to give the whole European market a non-inflationary money still has bite . |
| 6 | That half-smile still lingered , needling Merrill . |
| 7 | He went on to justify the ANC 's resort to armed struggle in 1960 , describing it as " a purely defensive action against the violence of apartheid " , and declared : " The factors which necessitated the armed struggle still exist today . |
| 8 | When your heart is beating sufficiently fast , the next time you try to pick up Wilma she 'll follow you home ( wish that technique still worked today , it 'd make my life much easier ) . |
| 9 | A GENUINE European cinema still exists , untainted by the blandishments and violence of contemporary Hollywood : and this year 's Cannes festival has proved it . |
| 10 | In short , a European parliament still had to come into existence . |
| 11 | Though this was a major achievement , the 1980 census still revealed marked differences by gender and region . |
| 12 | However , with Vendelin Gajdusek out of town and that interview still hanging over her head , a missed trip to the third spa town of the triangle , she inwardly sighed , was the least of her worries ! |
| 13 | Chevenement is finding that finance from the treasury , the banks or from private industry still rules aux quais de Paris . |
| 14 | Is that tape still going ? |
| 15 | If — most improbably — that figure still holds good , 40% would mean around $500m . |
| 16 | Much political research still relies on this approach to explain how government is maintained , but immediate problems that present themselves are that it can not be assumed either that the institutions or organisations themselves do really exercise power or that their nominal members are all equally active in such exercise of power as there is . |
| 17 | That Nkrumah still desired friendship with Britain was demonstrated by his ardent wish for a visit by Queen Elizabeth . |
| 18 | Despite the need to return to a monetary economy under the liberal market conditions of NEP , by the end of 1922 over onethird of total revenue still came in the form of taxes in kind . |
| 19 | If there are 2 or 300 people outside , the gig is sold out , and that term still has a certain magic in the music industry . |
| 20 | The comparison between the axial age and the Hellenistic age also serves to remind us that Hellenism still affects our attitude towards ancient civilizations . |
| 21 | ‘ Anton will have to go , ’ said Crosby , whose Wembley-bound side still need points to guard against the threat of relegation . |
| 22 | The leaders of the British jazz-funk explosion in the early '80s had ten hit albums in their 11 years with Polydor and their old contract still had another six albums to run . |
| 23 | The old chairman still worries about them , about the continued fight for survival . |
| 24 | Old Spice still heads the mass fragrance market , ahead of Insignia and Mandate . |
| 25 | Among some fine town houses are Moray House , built after James VI had abandoned his capital for the greater adulation of London but when a Scottish parliament still endeavoured to preserve its autonomy in Edinburgh ; and relics of ancient inns more accessible to coaching traffic than those in the congested upper reaches . |
| 26 | He retained contact with another salesman still employed at DPR , whom for the purpose of this book we shall call Peter which is not his real name . |
| 27 | for a fresh faced coin still cutting its teeth . |
| 28 | The employment contract between the parties dealt with this eventuality by the continuance of such payments to the employee after he had ceased to be employed " provided that the agent 's entitlement to such commission will immediately cease if the agent enters into a contract of service or for services directly or indirectly with any limited company , mutual society , partnership or brokerage operation involved in the selling of insurance or would be in breach of any part of clause 9A hereof were this contract still subsisting " . |
| 29 | This formulation still allows it to be a justifiable ground for causing pain that it will promote a ‘ greater ’ pleasure , when no equivalent pleasure can be obtained otherwise . |
| 30 | Yet this formulation still has an implication which Bentham would not really have accepted . |