Example sentences of "[noun] still [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later cases witnessed the ‘ competitive invocation ’ of the two tests , the authority whose decision was to be impugned claiming that the applicant still had to satisfy the higher hurdle of real likelihood of bias . |
| 2 | The aim of the reform was to provide the government with a stable source of revenue , as agriculture still had to provide the major part of government income . |
| 3 | It was agreed at an early stage ( principally at Citrine 's insistence ) that sales in urban and rural areas should be at common prices , so that many rural dwellers already having a supply had prices reduced , though new consumers distant from the mains still had to pay a one-off contribution or line rental ( which varied according to the Board ) to meet part of the cost of connection . |
| 4 | Without exactly being in the ‘ stop — go ’ cycle of Selwyn Lloyd or the ‘ hard slog ’ of Roy Jenkins in years gone by , Britain 's posture in the later Thatcher period still seemed to reflect the historic structural weakness of former years . |
| 5 | To obtain true security in Europe , NATO still wanted to see a reduction of Russia 's conventional strength , which remained overwhelming , and as in the 1970s there was some concern that Moscow and Washington could together decide the fate of Europe without European representation . |
| 6 | Her body still seemed to hold the imprint of his hands , her lips remembered his — firm , warm , promising , exciting … |
| 7 | This was precisely the position in the case , referred to earlier , of Varley v. Whipp , where at the time of the contract the seller still had to acquire the second-hand reaping machine which he was agreeing to sell . |
| 8 | Only Dr Peter Chester of the CEGB still seemed to find the evidence wanting . |
| 9 | General Thurman still had to receive a final green light from the president once he had worked out a plan . |
| 10 | Most of the British leadership still wished to retain the upper hand wherever possible , and there were the usual doubts as to American consistency of purpose . |
| 11 | That , however , did not mean that the clause necessarily gave the sellers a valid defence because the clause still had to satisfy the recent legislation on exemption clauses ( see further , paragraph 10–21 below ) . |
| 12 | Slim spires still soared to support the ebon umbrella shields . |
| 13 | Mr Bouez said Lebanon still wanted to see the implementation of a UN resolution demanding Israel immediately take back nearly 400 Palestinians deported to southern Lebanon . |
| 14 | Men still hated to see a woman succeed . |
| 15 | In such circumstances what the doctors can not do is to conclude that if the patient still had had the necessary capacity in the changed situation he would have reversed his decision . |
| 16 | These measures probably had a foundation in genuine agricultural unrest — the court rolls of St Albans Abbey record an increase in the number of fugitive villeins in the 1350s but in most places the records suggest that survivors of the epidemic took up vacant holdings , at least those on land of reasonable quality , so it appears that the population surplus from the period before the Black Death still sufficed to provide a reservoir of possible tenants . |
| 17 | Almost equal , but not quite , because Luke still seemed to retain a vestige of control while she trembled wildly as his hands slid adroitly up over her ribcage to cup her breasts from beneath , lifting them to the swooping descent of his dark head ; and she heard him mutter intensely again just before his mouth took voluptuous possession of the heated hardness of one exquisitely sensitive nipple . |