Example sentences of "[noun pl] still [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , for as long as they remain as powerful as they are and until the country is ready for a proper comprehensive system the grammar school should be preserved : ‘ It would , moreover , be absurd from a socialist point of view to close down the grammar school , while leaving the public schools still holding their present commanding position . |
| 2 | The fans still loved their idol , and Mitchum could now afford to relax and believe that his studio would not find itself forced to invoke the ‘ morals clause ’ and thus cancel his contract . |
| 3 | I went to the Maly Opera Theatre that night and saw Verdi 's Otello , and with the voices still occupying my mind I decided to take a subway down the Nevsky and have a drink at the Astoria . |
| 4 | She said : ‘ They were lovely men , and it was great to see brothers still enjoying their own company late on in life . |
| 5 | Plastic fire engines , brightly coloured musical boxes , even books with sound effects still have their attractions . |
| 6 | Cover and cook over gentle to moderate heat for 30–35 minutes or until the centres are tender but the potatoes still hold their shape . |
| 7 | Previous generations of refugees still need our help and support . |
| 8 | The Elleray Park special school pupil can not sit , stand , crawl or walk unaided and his parents still await his first words . |
| 9 | Many parents still expected their sons to have a ‘ sound ’ mathematics education and I 'm sure the idea of playing with bits of coloured paper and Sellotape instead of doing ‘ proper ’ maths like they had to , would have horrified some of our parents . |
| 10 | This remains one of the strongest reasons why so many parents still want their children to have RE even though they themselves have long since given up having much to do with religion . |
| 11 | Some parents still give their kids a clip round the ear , some of em send the children to their room or whatever , but when the children are in care you ca n't do any of these things because if you lock the child in the room , if the child gets sent to the room , you 're accused of pindown when there 's a report done . |
| 12 | Yet apparently many parents still treat their children like that . |
| 13 | EVEN after GrandMet brought its two breweries together in 1973 as Watney Mann and Truman Holdings , the Brick Lane brewery 's pubs still kept their own identity and beers . |
| 14 | In ages past Caledor Dragontamer bound the fearsome dragons to his will and his descendants still name their kingdom Caledor in his honour . |
| 15 | The retained Victorian warehouses still have their cast iron columns , and external brick walls with arched windows , while the shop fronts and internal stairs are in a lighter , Art Nouveau style . |
| 16 | The birds still found their way home . |
| 17 | In those days many housewives still made their doorsteps shining white each morning . |
| 18 | But the secret wandering singers from Wales and the itinerant preaching friars still went their ways , and the prodigy still washed like a wave before them , whispering treason . |
| 19 | In fact , he believes that many of our ingenious musicians still have their aural-receptors pointed outwards and are merely trying to slavishly mimic what comes from England on the U.S. |
| 20 | Despite having thousands of years to get it right , many employers still deny their female staff time for one of the most natural of human experiences.But now a new EC directive is set to come into force to improve maternity leave rights . |
| 21 | So did marginal issuers still owing their ‘ temporary ’ debts . |
| 22 | Cities still devoured their populations , though the British , being the oldest of the industrial era , were coming close to reproducing themselves , i.e. to grow without the constant and massive blood transfusion of immigration . |
| 23 | But most of the foreign exchange , gilts and swaps dealers still had their eyes on the ball , rather than their heads in the clouds of political speculation . |
| 24 | Overladen buses trundle about the city , and a taxi fleet pensioned off in colonial days still plies its trade like a permanent veteran car rally . |
| 25 | TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE GOVERNMENTS STILL TORTURE THEIR OWN PEOPLE . |
| 26 | Peng Yu-wei still held his staff , but with his other hand he now sought to draw the two ends of the torn silk together . |
| 27 | Palace officials still did their best to disguise the rift . |
| 28 | DESTINY GUESTS STILL CHOOSING THEIR PARTY FROCKS |
| 29 | Although their families still mourn their loss , they have tried to put their grief behind them and rebuild their lives . |
| 30 | Looking up you will see that the whole of the clerestory of 1457 was replaced after a fire in 1679 , although the side aisles still have their original quadripartite vaulting of the 1380s . |