Example sentences of "[noun sg] still [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This decline is possibly of post-war origin , as in 1949 Thorney Island , the marshes around Pagham Harbour and Selsey , and Rye Harbour still held a total of about 150 pairs compared to about 35 in 1967 . |
| 2 | In 1941 membership slumped to 120 men , but rather more ladies ; and despite the War , advertisements for members appeared and the Club still employed a caddie master , Jim Wetton , whose wage was increased from £1 10s. 0d. to £2 0s. 0d . |
| 3 | A research study from Cyprus showed that potatoes treated with a certain insecticide still contained a residue of 10 per cent ( 0.55mg per kg ) in the skin after 16 weeks of storage . |
| 4 | Earlier , Savary had responded to the question whether a shipment by the owner of the vessel still required a charter party and bill of lading issuance by stating : |
| 5 | Faldo sank a worthy putt for a birdie , but Norman 's victory still looked a formality until his tiny effort , similar to that which Scott Hoch missed for Faldo to win the 1989 Masters , hit the hole and ran past . |
| 6 | We had been admitted to my university , though only just ; it was under ten years since Cambridge has allowed women to take degrees ( and one don still addressed a hall full of students as ‘ gentlemen ’ ) . |
| 7 | One hand still clutched a scrap of thick green leaf and there was a large section missing from the handsome pot plant nearby . |
| 8 | Difficulties due to natural disasters , however , meant that the country still faced a shortfall of 50,000 tonnes and the Cambodian Red Cross was reported in October 1988 to have distributed rice to 1,000 families in Takeo province . |
| 9 | The coast at Shurton Bars shelves more gently to the sea than at many points farther west , and in the eighteenth century still provided a landing-place for infrequent trading vessels which brought coal from Wales for coastal lime-kilns and West Somerset hearths . |