Example sentences of "[noun pl] still [vb base] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Convicted drivers still face fines and a ban and also have to pay up to £200 for the 30-hour course . |
| 3 | Toothy anglo teenagers still greet guests at the $300-a-night hotels . |
| 4 | Locus claims DCE and ONC solutions still demand applications to be modified for their respective application programming interfaces in order to function . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | If we take these characteristics of perception into an organizational setting , then the verbal and non-verbal signals still provide data for interpersonal relationships . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Especially in South-South trade , the evidence is that older notions of comparative advantage based on price elasticities still hold sway ( Thomas , 1988 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A few companies still arrange house to house collection of the premiums , including : - |
| 13 | But bands of armed rebels from sundry factions still extort food from villages , some of them across the border in neighbouring Sierra Leone . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Zoroastrians still reckon dates by the years of the last Zoroastrian king of Iran , Yazdgard III of the Sassanian dynasty ( who was assassinated in AD 651 after the Arabs had overrun his kingdom ) , thus prolonging his imaginary reign through the centuries . |
| 17 | While over a third of the world 's financial institutions still treat information technology as an after-thought in their business planning , information technology plays a key role in the increasingly important global networking arena . |
| 18 | But Labour 's ranks still embrace Bernie Grant , of Tottenham , who called the party ‘ white fascists ’ , and Paul Boateng , once the GLC 's notorious anti-police campaigner , now a Treasury spokesman . |
| 19 | Since the Common Market annually produces such vast quantities of wine fit for nothing better than compulsory distillation , it is puzzling why the authorities still require producers of Coteaux Champenois to churn out as much as one or two pieces of this liquid for every marc pressed . |
| 20 | Some local authorities still operate policy guidelines that recommend that children should stay in care for under two years ; at that stage , they should either be back home or adopted . |
| 21 | Many solicitors still obtain business through ‘ networking ’ , that is , establishing a network of friends and business contacts likely to refer business to the solicitor . |
| 22 | Westerners still seem welcome , though they too have created ‘ incidents ’ . |
| 23 | In contrast , most nomadic and tribal groups still make rugs in the time-honoured dark reds and primary hues of their ancestors , while Persian workshop groups employ both pastel and rich shades . |
| 24 | I 'm a car owner who 's actually thinking of selling my car because I do n't use it much in Glasgow I do n't need to , I can actually walk to work and to come to somewhere like Edinburgh tonight I would much prefer to use the train , but I think we could have much more adequal plans to do with pedestrianizing city centres so that cars were banned from them altogether , they could bring back trams which are much less in terms of pollution , they might not make us big profits for the company 's but they are a very good way , we , a lot of European cities still use trams . |
| 25 | Some of the ancient fortresses and cities still harbour Dwarfs , but the connecting tunnels are dangerous places which even the Dwarfs use with due caution . |
| 26 | The magazine Der Spiegel recently published the results of an opinion poll revealing that 14 per cent of Germans still think Jews were partly to blame for what happened to them in the second world war , 36 per cent believe Jews ‘ have too much influence ’ , and more than 50 per cent believe it is time for Germany to forget the past and move on . |
| 27 | Leisure activities still take place here although they are more likely to be water skiing , wind surfing and sailing rather than bathing . |
| 28 | Some traditionalists still send horses to Eire or mainland Europe for this barbarous treatment , but the Bristol research suggests that they 're wasting owners ' money . |
| 29 | No doubt some dealers still do business in that way . |
| 30 | Could I say that we 'd be willing perhaps that the Conservative amendment first of all , and then to turn to the amendment by the Liberal democrats erm I would like to suggest that schools or other charities , not just schools are exempt from any registration charge but will still notify the local authority in , in advance of an event , because events held at schools or by charities still create problems with traffic and parking and congestion |