Example sentences of "still [verb] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the seventeenth century saw the beginning of the end of magic in western society , some credence was still given to the supposed therapeutic properties of certain precious substances . |
| 2 | Perhaps the dominant account still belongs to the Whig interpretation of history . |
| 3 | I know we have all heard of cases where someone has smoked sixty cigarettes a day and still lived to a ripe old age — but is it really worth taking the chance ? |
| 4 | This last can be prevented by modern orthopaedic treatment , but , unfortunately , many patients are still referred to a suitable orthopaedic clinic too late . |
| 5 | In s.2(1) ( b ) the phrase " let another do so " still refers to the accused 's own existing liability and it was another way of committing the offence . |
| 6 | Many Poles in East Prussia still clung to a Polish identity , but very few of them wanted to become part of a Polish state . |
| 7 | Leibniz , unaccountably , still clung to the traditional idea of substance , notwithstanding his own " principle of indiscernibles " . |
| 8 | As I clambered up the ranks of steep terraces , keeping an eye on my train time , early mist still clung to the bare mountainous knives of rock , and the mountain that the fortress itself stood on was festooned with dark trailing grasses like seaweed , adding to its otherworldliness . |
| 9 | One librarian who still clung to the old ideals remarked : |
| 10 | Responding to criticism from neighbouring countries , including Russia , the Chinese authorities said that they had always exercised restraint in nuclear testing and that China was still committed to a complete ban on nuclear testing within the framework of effective nuclear disarmament . |
| 11 | Only Cuba stood out as still committed to a state-led economy although private capital was involved in the development of such areas as tourism [ see p. 38141 ] . |
| 12 | Bu but surely this is something a at this stage you ca n't make public because you are still committed to the United Front |
| 13 | Their generating capacity , however , still lies to a significant extent in coal-fired generation . |
| 14 | Far better to change eating habits so that a sensible pattern is established , easing up when a satisfactory weight is reached , but still keeping to the same ‘ right ’ kind of foods . |
| 15 | A skeletal butler is serving dinner to a seated group of pig-headed mutants , who sit slavering at their table while the butler rolls the intestines of a living , writhing man around a hooked serving fork and serves them , still steaming to the bestial dinner guests . |
| 16 | But there is no doubt that many of his generation did and do still appeal to the heroic myth . |
| 17 | These reflections , still confined to the academic left , could be a fertile ground for a debate among and between social movements of various |
| 18 | Banbury Cakes , which originated in the town , are still made to the 300 year old recipe of flaky pastry lined with currants . |
| 19 | And they still came to the famous dinners at his house , where the food , and the music , and the conversation were the best in London . |
| 20 | Even the fact that disappointed old toss-pots — unable to grapple with the idea that people once enjoyed themselves without getting drunk , vomiting and hitting one another — still react to the Sixties , as a notion , with comical indignation has never convinced me that there was anything special about that time . |
| 21 | Powerful programme committees , and influential members serving on them , have sometimes been reluctant to defer to policy committees ( particularly as many councillors still cling to the traditional view that co-ordination is the role of the full council ) . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're still listening to a bad PA , the music 's blowing all over the place , people are crashed out in the mud … it 's exactly the same ! ’ |
| 23 | Even so , PT Timah took many years to develop its own technical expertise and still depends to an important degree on technical assistance from multinationals , including Billiton . |
| 24 | But the total flux should not be affected because it is still related to the applied voltage by eqn ( 4.66 ) . |
| 25 | The company founded by Ralph Lauren in 1967 traffics in all manner of hunting , fishing , nautical , equestrian and golfing-themed clothes for Americans who still look to the mythical British Empire for their cultural cues . |
| 26 | We will suggest that these functions are still performed to an impressive and significant degree . |
| 27 | THANK goodness that the Nintendo and Euro Disney generation still thrill to an old fashioned puppet show such as the Parasol Children 's Theatre production of Alice in Wonderland at the Redgrave Theatre , Farnham this week until Saturday . |
| 28 | Still adhering to the old fashioned measurement by piece ( a cask which in Champagne contains 205 litres ) , the 2,666 litres of must , as it comes through the pressing operation , is separated into three portions in order of quality : the cuvée , which amounts to the first ten pieces ( 2,050 litres ) ; the premiere taille , which includes the next two pieces ( 410 litres ) ; and the deuxième taille , or the last piece ( 205 litres ) . |
| 29 | Even if you pay income tax , it still amounts to a real return of 2 per cent . |
| 30 | Even in the initial stages of the movement , when the painters still relied to a large extent on visual models , their paintings are not so much records of the sensory appearance of their subjects , as expressions in pictorial terms of their idea or knowledge of them . |