Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Playne & Co still occupy the mill , specialising in cloth for tennis balls . |
| 2 | As the stent is left in the distal part of the CBD , a future hepaticojejunostomy or choledochoduodenostomy still remains possible as was shown in one of our patients . |
| 3 | Yet some form of coercion or compulsion still resulted from what he considered it right for him to do in certain circumstances . |
| 4 | Only where revolution still seemed the only plausible solution for the conditions of the labouring poor , or where — as in France — the tradition of insurrection and the revolutionary social republic was the dominant political tradition of the working people , was ‘ respectability ’ a relatively insignificant factor , or confined to the middle classes and those who wished to be identified with them . |
| 5 | Where goodwill still has to be valued in relation to payments to outgoing partners , one of two bases is likely to be used : ( 1 ) excess profits , that is to say the amount by which an outgoing partner 's profit share exceeded ( a ) what he might have been expected to earn as an employed solicitor , and ( b ) the income he might have been expected to receive from investing his capital contributions in safe securities ; or , and much more frequently , ( 2 ) the average net profits of the partner concerned . |
| 6 | Seventy years on the question of whether the Major was a hero or villain still haunts Hay . |
| 7 | On the other hand , extreme plagiarism , banality or cynicism still induce a certain queasiness in the beholder , which suggests there is some point in good architecture . |
| 8 | And yet , on the other hand , it is all too clear that racism still remains a widespread , and possibly intensifying , fact of many people 's lives . |
| 9 | Even recent liberalisation has failed to dispel deep-seated suspicions that discrimination still lurks beneath the surface . |
| 10 | The Land Drainage Act of 1918 had made an attempt to simplify the administration of land drainage , but in the late 1920s it was clear that confusion still prevailed . |
| 11 | The major conclusion that can be drawn from this analysis is that users are generally satisfied with the information they receive , but there is no doubt that confusion still exists as to the range of information providers available . |
| 12 | Although Tiller still produced the Winter Gardens show every year , he delegated more and more of the work there to his assistant directors as he was so busy abroad . |
| 13 | It should be damp enough to hold together when squeezed in the hand , but not so wet that water still runs out through the fingers . |
| 14 | The fact that pollution still exists is not sufficient to establish that policy has not been tough enough . |
| 15 | Its mystery does not affect the understanding of the Created God , for , to accord with the aims and claims of this book that mystery still rests in the pre-life period ; furthermore , it is possible to associate it with the concept of ‘ desire ’ put forward in the hypothesis associated with the Second Period . |
| 16 | A sanitiser used to replace cleaning and disinfection still requires the final rinse and the standard achieved is likely to be indifferent . |
| 17 | A firm basis for the study of Oriental art came more slowly , and as we shall see , some of the differences of approach between East and West still require wider recognition . |
| 18 | School and university still had n't changed me as much as they had ; maybe even the rest of my life could never compensate for their formative effect . |
| 19 | For the high K coverage regime , our results show a very large increase in the heat of adsorption , to 300kJmol -1 , although the simultaneous desorption of K and CO still occurs at 700K ( ref. 11 ) . |
| 20 | MACR does not form a word that can be Used as mnemonic , and Memory , Aims , Concentration and Review still lack one thing . |
| 21 | Intra-EC customs clearance work , hitherto carried out mainly by agents , is no longer appropriate but both governments and industry still require statistics to be kept , particularly in the early years of the single market . |
| 22 | The employment contract made between employer and employee still forms the basis of modern employment law , notwithstanding the detailed legislation of recent years . |
| 23 | Hekmatyar had refused to join the interim government , and his forces and artillery still threatened Kabul from the south . |
| 24 | The majestic mountains of Abruzzo soar to nearly 10,000 feet in this rugged , central region of Italy , and it is here that natural unspoilt habitats ensure bears , eagles and chamois still roam wild . |
| 25 | Operators and management still had to use their understanding of the process to control it . |
| 26 | If , for some reason ( like recent starvation ) , a mare can not provide milk for its newborn foal , and a person should feed the foal , the mare and foal still develop deep bonds of affection providing they are kept together . |
| 27 | But then , as the silence lengthened and fitzAlan still did n't move , curiosity got the better of her . |
| 28 | Could it be the hysterical over-the-top camerawork , proving any amount of slow-motion and soft-focus still do not actually score as style . |
| 29 | The top floor feels a little less damp , a little more warm , though the wind and rain still sound loud outside and above . |
| 30 | In Berlingen , flanked by vineyards a little further on , fishing and farming still survive as major occupations . |