Example sentences of "[noun prp] still [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Texas still has about the weakest campaign-finance laws of any big state , and some of its politicians still rely on lobbyists to pay for everything from trips and meals to golf tournaments .
2 Perhaps more important , and there are close parallels here to our critique of ethology and sociobiology , Freud still skirts round the difficult question of how primordial instincts are socially constructed .
3 The transfer of Mrs Padmore still threatens on the first page .
4 Ian still lives in the Scarborough area and naturally reckons first team action is better than playing in the reserves , ’ said McHale .
5 ‘ The UK still relies on the mainframe batch system , with a Computer Associates general ledger , payables and receivables . ’
6 Irene still comes to the apartment but we never see her any more except by accident .
7 In spite of the technology being used on circuitry which is 30 years old Johnson still swears by the sound quality of the analogue master tape — and it was this sound which Arnold so praised .
8 BOSNIA still tugs at the heart-strings , while events in Russia are potentially stomach-churning , and share prices , from Hong Kong westward round the world , duly fell by up to 2.5 per cent yesterday .
9 Whereas all other countries stage annual , or biennial , exhibitions of new consumer electronics technology , either for the trade and press , or public , or both , Britain still clings to the crazy hotel system .
10 The penultimate verse tells how St Oswald still watches over the parishioners :
11 It 's easy to forget that it 's over eight years since Pepsi and Shirlie first sang with Wham ! and Shirlie still laughs at the memories : ‘ When we started out I had one dress and I wore it to every photo session — I could n't afford any more ! ’
12 WHO STILL CARES FOR THE FAMILY ?
13 Mitsubishi still clings to the option of being able to use only rear-wheel-drive on the road , claiming it 's quieter and less expensive on fuel and tyres .
14 So still the future of the Mappa Mundi still hangs in the balance .
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