Example sentences of "we still [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps the origins of song help to explain why we still require a firm outline . |
2 | Despite the recent re-issue of Rewald 's classic monograph , we still lack a true catalogue raisonné , bringing together all the visual and documentary material and engaging with the fundamental issues ; for example , after the sensational exhibition of the Mellon waxes at the National Gallery in Washington in 1991 , there is an even greater need for a study of the relationship of the waxes to the 1,500 or so bronze casts scattered throughout the world ; more understanding of Degas ' techniques and the reproductive processes used by his founder is urgently required ; a consideration of the images themselves , and their place in contemporary sculpture , is conspicuous by its absence ; and , the biggest question of all , the role of these wax figures in the wider oeuvre cries out to be examined . |
3 | Instead we still see an increasing clamour for ‘ abortion on demand ’ and improved facilities for sexually transmitted diseases . |
4 | None of us is starving , however , and we all have more than enough clothes to wear , but we still spend a large part of our lives worrying about our material needs — what should we eat ? |
5 | Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education . |
6 | A spokesman from Body Positive , a support group for people with the virus justified the campaign : ‘ We still have a long way to go because the general public is still very ignorant and there 's a lot of misinformation around . ’ |
7 | Clearly we still have a long way to go to understand just how InsP 3 acts to open individual channels . |
8 | A closer look at the supposed benefits of object-oriented technology reveals that we still have a long way to go to realise them fully . |
9 | I believe delegation and empowerment is starting to show improvements but we still have a long way to go . |
10 | Clearly at the state of the talks with the T & G , we still have a long long way to go to reach this new goal and there 's a strong rumour that there has been discussions between Sir John Edmunds and Lord Bill Morris the name of the new union already and I think an apt title for the union at the moment would be Yugoslavia because we 're in ethnic groups , we are sections , we 've got the boiler makers who are still claiming things they lost ten years ago when they merged . |
11 | Det Insp Gordon Williams added : ‘ We still have a long way to go before we reach our target . |
12 | But even with the successful , and still limited legislation , backed up with the pressure of millions of pounds recovered in compensation by our union , we still have a long way to go . |
13 | The fact is that we still have a great deal to learn about the skills that animals use to find their way around their own home ranges and to travel the globe . |
14 | We still have a small hard core of football supporters that are willing and able to create trouble if they 're given the chance . |
15 | We still have a six-point buffer but I expect us to have to go to the last day of the season . ’ |
16 | ‘ It 's a big disappointment to lose Kharin , but despite that we still have a good team — although when we play Rangers in Glasgow in April I do n't know how many players we will have left . ’ |
17 | ‘ If we win this game then we still have a good chance of qualifying from this group . |
18 | Good , that means we still have a good chance . ’ |
19 | And so we still have a common struggle and to build up our international solidarity . |
20 | In the event that one does arise we still have a senior medical crew on board , and I always carry a radio pager . |
21 | We 'll debate and these instructions , but there 's always this shortfall , and it 's been going on for far too long , and we still have an increasing number of responsibilities , and I just find it extremely distressing to have to sit here time and time again , to go through doing things that we really know we should n't be . |
22 | I suppose we still need a good , solid centre back . |
23 | Well we still need a that 's not the sort of jelly you like . |
24 | In spite of acknowledging all these factors , most of us still spend an inordinate amount of time prettifying and refurbishing the outside of ourselves . |