Example sentences of "[noun] still [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all his qualities , which are many , in those days Dennis still had a huge chip on his shoulder . |
| 2 | First things first : schools still need a speedy mechanism for getting rid of those guilty of gross misconduct , negligence and incompetence . |
| 3 | Many schools still have a remedial department or are visited by peripatetic remedial teachers who withdraw children for extra tuition in reading with little time for consultation with school staff . |
| 4 | And despite being so cool , DJ still has a fiery temper and can summon up a useful blast of flame breath at any time . |
| 5 | While Siemens Nixdorf still spends a total £600m or 13% of revenues on research and development , and is certainly still investing in mainframes , Bearpark would provide no indication of how much . |
| 6 | The architectures for parallel computers still cover a large range , and these two machines represent two disparate approaches — using a small number of quite powerful processors , or a large number of weaker processors . |
| 7 | Faldo still enjoyed a three-stroke cushion , but the pumped-up Australian resembled an executioner as he hacked away at the Open champion 's lead . |
| 8 | If there are 2 or 300 people outside , the gig is sold out , and that term still has a certain magic in the music industry . |
| 9 | Translation technologies are important , however , because other solutions still lack a common development environment and should be able to get to multiple platforms from a single code base . |
| 10 | The dominant state industry still awaits a proper shake-out . |
| 11 | Deforestation still remains a crucial issue in the Himalaya but the temporal and spatial pattern of its occurrence is , in the light of more recent research , very different from that hitherto envisaged . |
| 12 | The stock still has a long way to go before its regains the 780p level at which its stood in early April before a warning of a slow-down in sales . |
| 13 | Her face went blank , but this time Guy saw the effort it cost her to regain that air of remote calm , and her eyes still held a mute appeal that stabbed him to the heart . |
| 14 | The mounted soldier still had a long way to go and his influence was very considerable in the whole period covered by this book . |
| 15 | The NHS still lacks a systematic method of collecting information about outpatient waiting . |
| 16 | The old eight-valve , four-cylinder 115 bhp engine still retains a quiet refinement , revs willingly and pulls away with a clean pick-up . |
| 17 | While this is less common now you can fit phone sockets all around the house , the hall still provides a useful central place for a phone , and if you decide on this option , you will need a chair , table and space for directories . |
| 18 | Consequently , unlike Germany , France and Italy , who lost such a wealth of their Medieval timber framed buildings , England still possesses a fair number . |
| 19 | There have been many criticisms of the Chicago School but this body of work still has a great deal to teach us . |
| 20 | Witches and other natural and ceremonial magicians still use a magic circle . |
| 21 | Last Wednesday 's heavy New York papers , the Times and the Wall Street Journal , devoted acres of newsprint to the disastrous turn taken in the tide of IBM Corp 's affairs — but alongside , IBM still ran a chirpy RS/6000 ad with a picture of computer-generated bubbles , with a blurb entitled The Computer That Made This Picture is Also Making History . |
| 22 | But IBM still needs a radical rethink of its ideas , especially with regard to price-performance issues , which users are examining ever more critically . |
| 23 | West Bank elections and an Israeli withdrawal still seem a remote possibility . |
| 24 | West Bank elections and an Israeli withdrawal still seem a remote possibility . |
| 25 | The Elves still have a great part to play before the final act of their long drama is played out . |
| 26 | I first saw Salamanca at a certain moment of dusk when the setting sun still casts a deep red glow over the city 's rosy stone . |
| 27 | The sun still shed a great sparkle on the sea but the heat had gone from it and the dusk was gathering back in the valley . |
| 28 | At the other end of the size scale , Fiat Geotech 's takeover of Ford New Holland has now been signed , though changes to the two product lines still seem a long way off . |
| 29 | The amateur cricketer still played a significant role in the game . |
| 30 | Little Nemo falling out of his bed at the end of every strip still brings a wry smile . |