Example sentences of "[is] still [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And far from showing that the couple is going out of fashion in France , he feels his research demonstrates that it is still at the centre of people 's dreams . |
2 | The triangle Greece-Rome-Judaea is still at the centre and is likely to stay at the centre as long as Christianity remains the religion of the West . |
3 | But he is still at the school . |
4 | ‘ I ca n't see Mrs Brent 's car yet — I suppose she is still at the Lady Queen Bees ' tea , and Mr Brent must be still at his curling club . ’ |
5 | [ Joshua is one of the most respected names in the industry and at 54 years old is still at the top of his craft . ] |
6 | Awareness of this is high , but survival , not aggressiveness , is still at the top of the agenda . |
7 | An object close to the camera , with a very short out-and-return light-path from flash to film , will be imaged while the sound-pulse is still at the back of the emulsion but by the time light from an object 15 metres away has reached the film , the sound-pulse will have reached its front face . |
8 | As at Domesday , agriculture is still at the heart of the economy of the village . |
9 | Much of the study of industrial remains is still at the level of recording ‘ nuts and bolts ’ . |
10 | Walking into the ISDN User Show at Wembley , North London the other day , the first four stands belonged to communications magazines : cynics might see this as evidence that the technology is still at the hype and talk stage , but most exhibitors seemed pleased by the degree to which visitors ' questions had progressed past the ‘ what is ISDN anyway ’ stage to the ‘ how much does this box cost ’ phase ; some 900 visitors attended on the first day , the second seemed rather busier and at some of the conference sessions , notably British Telecommunications Plc 's ‘ where are we now ’ presentation , it was standing room only … |
11 | Transworld , which is still at the discussion stage with Dillons , hopes the system will overcome what it has found to be ‘ erratic supply in Dillons ’ , says marketing director Larry Finlay . |
12 | There is nothing clear-cut or standardised about it ; but one may envisage ( and sometimes see quite clearly in real life ) the difference in effect between that of divorce when the child is still at the stage of total reliance on the mother , perhaps with fierce submerged conflict with the male parent , and that taking place when the boy is at the age of modelling himself on the father and establishing male identity through him . |
13 | In training , Sergei Gotsmanov interpreted for Alexsey Cherednik , who is still at The Dell . |
14 | The bowling rate for each batsman should start off at Slow for the first ‘ over ’ of six balls , then go to Medium for the next over , and Fast for the third over ; this sequence then repeating if the same batsman is still at the crease . |
15 | The 22 year old man , who comes from Worcester , is still at the hospital . |
16 | Finally , at 58 Mr Gorbachev is still at the height of his powers . |
17 | A portrait of a fat and overpowering Sir John is still at the house today and , even allowing for the artist 's flattery of his patron , this is a face you would not trust . |
18 | The question is still at the consultation stage and the people concerned should state their particular case . |
19 | The question is still at the consultation stage and the people concerned should state their particular case . |
20 | The other point that raises from the agreement is that we have to agree , agree a purchasing plan with the Health Authority particularly relating to nursing home care , and that purchasing plan at the moment is still at the draft stages because as Mike referred to earlier , we have no information from the Department of Health on the percentage of the funding to be spent in the independent sector . |
21 | His son , Claude , took over the mill in 1952 and is still at the helm . |
22 | Maggie May is still on the phone , |
23 | that publication is still on the go , because if it is gon na carry on , on the go , we can maybe get into the |
24 | HOW COME DOS IS STILL ON THE GO ? |
25 | But the man the government wants most , Pablo Escobar , is still on the run , holding two prominent journalists hostage . |
26 | Johnson is still on the run … |
27 | His current bike was provided by local businessman CP Granleese , but he is still on the lookout for a major sponsor . |
28 | But despite those powers , fraud is still on the increase . |
29 | However , despite a general decrease , burning in some specific areas is still on the increase . |
30 | Nevertheless the specialist versus generalist debate is still on the agenda among advice workers in bureaux around the country . |