Example sentences of "[conj] still [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aware of how precarious his position was , and still clinging to the Entente as the only hope in the shifting pattern of the European system , he had taken the unusual step of sending Eugénie to visit Queen Victoria at Osborne in the July of 1867 in order to find out the Queen 's reactions to the situation . |
| 2 | Slowly but surely Carter are on the move again , still pertinent and still clinging to the plot . |
| 3 | It recognised that , with educational provision as a whole in a transitional phase , still recovering from the war and still adjusting to the requirements of the 1944 Act , it was inappropriate to ‘ set a course for adult education over the rest of this century ’ : ‘ our recommendations apply to the present transitional period ’ . |
| 4 | She could see the White Rabbit , who was hurrying away and still talking to himself . |
| 5 | The barge anchors were unrecognisable as such , more like crustaceans , specimens of some giant type long since discarded by Nature , but still clinging to their old habitat , sunk in the deep pits they had made in the foreshore . |
| 6 | Far better to change eating habits so that a sensible pattern is established , easing up when a satisfactory weight is reached , but still keeping to the same ‘ right ’ kind of foods . |
| 7 | As the title of this paper shows , I am sure that we can not hope to do this rethinking while still clinging to the currently orthodox view that there are no natural , genetically determined sex differences . |
| 8 | Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system . |