Example sentences of "[noun prp] still [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the teapots — which are identical with the old bargee 's teapot — have since become family heirlooms in East Anglia ; Sam Friend still has the one he brought back with him in 1912 . |
| 2 | Mr Stephenson still believes the murderer was a local man who may still be alive . |
| 3 | Even though democracy has been a disappointment , Bobbio still prefers the rule of law to the rule of men as hailed by participatory theorists . |
| 4 | In spite of some clergy who are ‘ not appreciative of art or excellence ’ , the Church in the United States still sees the need to train musicians as a pastoral priority . |
| 5 | On the face of it , the parties in the United States still perform the job of recruiting personnel for positions in the executive and the legislature , since presidents , senators and representatives are elected , almost without exception , on a Democratic or Republican ticket . |
| 6 | Formally the United States still maintained the myth that it would convert official holdings of dollars into gold at the old price of $35 , while informing other central banks that if they attempted to take advantage of this offer at all it would instantly be withdrawn . |
| 7 | So miners in Nottinghamshire still require the services that operated in the past . |
| 8 | Brin Weare still has the silk escape map of Europe that was issued to him in April 1944 . |
| 9 | Brin Weare still has the silk escape map of Europe that was issued to him in April 1944 . |
| 10 | In the story the Czech had to beat Harry Hayes over nine miles , which he did , but Hayes still broke the six-mile European record . |
| 11 | Mr Gorbachev still thinks the old system can be reformed . |
| 12 | With Maisie still keeping the regulation distance between the two of them , he almost ran after the headmaster , swinging his arms crazily and taking strides so long that a casual observer might have been forgiven for assuming that he , too , was practising the art of Islamic dancing . |
| 13 | It is therefore entirely appropriate that today Pompeii still represents the cutting edge of archaeological research and development . |
| 14 | But Southport still had the chances to have recorded their seventh straight away League win , manager Brian Kettle insisting : ‘ We dominated so much I thought we were the home side . |
| 15 | Above all , he wanted to get up , but Surere still held the knife close to his throat , and every muscle in the man 's body was taut . |
| 16 | He said that an existing legislative assembly of Kurdistan still enjoyed the recognition of the Iraqi government as the representative body of Iraqi Kurds . |
| 17 | His rival Jonathan Ross still sports the spivvy whistle of an Eighties estate agent . |
| 18 | On the basis of the documentary evidence , then , it would appear that Molla Husrev still held the kadilik of Istanbul in Rajab 876 but had almost certainly left that office by Shawwal 877 . |
| 19 | But Jane still dreaded the threatening disease of daily life . |
| 20 | And now in the er Trophy games this evening , these are the latest scores , Brentford nil Wickham two , Burnley nil Carlisle one , David on target there after forty , Bury one Stockport two , Cambridge against Gillingham , Cardiff against Torquay , Exeter against Plymouth , all goalless , Hull nil Scarborough two , Northampton one Hereford one , Portvale against Wrexham still awaiting the first goals there , Rotherham nil Huddersfield one , and York City one Hartlepool nil . |
| 21 | Merrydown still leads the vintage cider market , but Purdey admits that ‘ margins are being nibbled ’ . |
| 22 | Yet it was all in a losing cause because England still finished the fourth day of the second Test 43 runs in arrears at 231 for eight in their second innings . |
| 23 | As a final point of information , the Bank of England still has the facility to re-introduce minimum lending rate ( MLR ) if it so wishes . |
| 24 | Kim still held the note out . |
| 25 | Rhodesia had long presented an affront to Ghana and other Black African states , yet Nkrumah still valued the Commonwealth connection sufficiently to support Britain 's compromise proposals . |
| 26 | A new report from IT specialist Dr James Martin and London-based Applied Learning International finds that amongst the largest user organisations in the UK and Ireland , IBM still leads the way as far as mainframe , mid-range and personal computer installations go . |
| 27 | Walter Mitty still inhabits the mind , but so do the shadows of more menacing muses , as they experience the growing pains to adulthood . |
| 28 | Ireland still produces the famous Donegal carpets . |
| 29 | These are the East European blessings of Mr Gorbachev 's liberalisation : the changes would surely not be taking place if Brezhnev or Chernenko still ruled the Kremlin . |
| 30 | But Finniston still harbours the belief that the wealth of experience he acquired during his ten years at British Steel could have been put to better service for the nation . |