Example sentences of "which [be] still [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The campaign has been launched in part because of what Greenpeace calls the government 's failure to back alternatives to chlorine-based technology and instead to encourage the use of HCFCs , which are still damaging to the ozone layer . |
| 2 | The famous mithraeum was not built from scratch but was adapted from a grotto/nymphaeum , the remains of which are still attached to the present structure to a height of twelve metres . |
| 3 | The terms of employment , which are still linked to the civil service , are to be changed . |
| 4 | On the one hand , as far as the criminal law was concerned , they removed one set of controls entirely , whilst on the other hand , a new and sometimes increased set of controls was introduced to deal with those forms of homosexual conduct which were still considered to be ‘ public ’ and criminal . |
| 5 | At that time , John , Baron Russell , the first Earl of Bedford , who was an advisor to King Henry VIII — also executor — lived in a mansion house called ‘ Corney House ’ which was situated along that part of the river frontage at Chiswick which is still referred to as ‘ Corney Reach ’ , although the house itself was demolished in 1532 . |
| 6 | This code , which is still adhered to , specifies that roofs must be made of slate , all woodwork must be white , and walls must be built in local stone or rendered white ; it also specifies that houses must be a certain distance apart . |
| 7 | Reluctantly , he willed himself to turn and go back … back up the long slope , towards the sound of his beloved Pam 's voice which was still calling to him incessantly . |
| 8 | He also , through his sister , had the ‘ in ’ to some of the posher places in town , way ahead of Nicholson 's current social station , which was still restricted to the cheap red-wine class . |
| 9 | Mike went down to assist Dave Lister in sorting out the rope which was still attached to him , and Dave moved along and up the bergschrund to aid Steve in routefinding as he downclimbed , diagonally to the right , towards a narrower slot which he might cross unroped . |