Example sentences of "[noun pl] still [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this date schools still meant places where masters of repute might be found , but the masters might well move on to other cities taking their pupils with them . |
| 2 | Around the harbour , fishermen 's tavernas still jostle side by side with the newer cafés and bars which have sprung up to cater for the younger market , and the main daytime activity seems to be relaxing over a quiet glass of something while watching the boats chug in and out . |
| 3 | The Duchess had sworn in a very mild tone , but her words still made Lord John bridle . |
| 4 | Convicted drivers still face fines and a ban and also have to pay up to £200 for the 30-hour course . |
| 5 | Restoration England 's improved agriculture made famine a thing of the past , though temporary shortages still caused suffering . |
| 6 | Toothy anglo teenagers still greet guests at the $300-a-night hotels . |
| 7 | Locus claims DCE and ONC solutions still demand applications to be modified for their respective application programming interfaces in order to function . |
| 8 | Even then , 26 Tory Eurosceptics still defied Mr Major to vote against the Government while at least another six abstained . |
| 9 | Support for the BSP , led by former BCP ideology chief Alexander Lilov , was strongest in the countryside , where communists in local party or mayoral offices still dominated politics . |
| 10 | Finally , if my readers still have doubts about the general drift of my argument , let me ask them how else we are to explain why modern revolutionary movements which always aim to free those who believe in them always end by enslaving them ? |
| 11 | " Oh yes , darling , " Jenny exclaimed , her eyes still watching Matthew . |
| 12 | If we take these characteristics of perception into an organizational setting , then the verbal and non-verbal signals still provide data for interpersonal relationships . |
| 13 | Fetherstone was used as a POW camp during the last World War , and the ruins of the camp 's huts still litter parklands by the river . |
| 14 | There were , moreover , rather more poor urban dwellers still lacking electricity supply than there were rural dwellers , and investment in the reinforcement , standardisation and extension of urban supplies ( some of which the Boards considered would be remunerative ) was being cut back while this uneconomic development of rural areas was pressed forward . |
| 15 | Especially in South-South trade , the evidence is that older notions of comparative advantage based on price elasticities still hold sway ( Thomas , 1988 ) . |
| 16 | There are many reasons why , sadly , too many of our youngsters still leave school without the skills of literacy and numeracy , but comprehensive reorganisation is not one of them . |
| 17 | In the face of doubts about the truths of religion , could bereaved parents still take courage and assume that their children 's death meant only a brief separation , the prelude to reunion in happier surroundings ? |
| 18 | It might also be argued that despite recent legislation ( some would say because of it ) parent-teacher relations are still too often fraught with fear , suspicion and misunderstanding ; that there is still too much teacher stereotyping of ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ homes and parents ; and that many parents still lack power in relation to their parental rights and responsibilities . |
| 19 | Niki still thought Ron Dennis was giving Prost the better service . |
| 20 | The survey , Equal Voice , carried out by Portsmouth University 's social services research and information unit , showed how black communities still had difficulty gaining access to social services and how their needs went unmet . |
| 21 | My survey revealed that a few people in Sukuma-speaking areas still had difficulty in answering questions in Swahili ; others who understood Swahili nonetheless asked to be interviewed in Sukuma . |
| 22 | A few companies still arrange house to house collection of the premiums , including : - |
| 23 | But bands of armed rebels from sundry factions still extort food from villages , some of them across the border in neighbouring Sierra Leone . |
| 24 | So she got up slowly from the floor , the last few sobs still springing unbidden up her throat , and without looking round at the disordered room once more , she picked up her lamp and went down to her bedroom to change . |
| 25 | Philip looked out at the houses , some of the front gardens still had pockets of dirty snow in them . |
| 26 | The existence of the A-X association may mean that training with A will allow the associatively activated representation of X to gain associative strength ; but as long as the c elements still gain strength , generalization to B will still occur and discrimination will not be improved . |
| 27 | In this period capital account transactions were at a much lower level than they are nowadays , partly because many countries still had restrictions or limitations on this type of flow . |
| 28 | If most big countries still had exchange controls or other barriers to the free flow of money across borders , then costs of debt could differ widely . |
| 29 | It is extraordinary , therefore , that these desperately poor countries still owe money to ( and still struggle to repay ) the rich financial institutions in the North at the expense of feeding or delivering health care to their own people . |
| 30 | The review , which covered 142 of the world 's 178 countries showed that in 1991 , 65 countries still held prisoners of conscience , while the use of " disappearance " as a tactic for eliminating political opponents had been substantiated in 26 countries . |