Example sentences of "still [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Odd , the attraction Hoggatt 's had — still has for that matter . |
| 2 | Worn as an amulet they even warded off the evil eye and , in a more generalised form , are still carried for this purpose by Italians today . |
| 3 | The employers were about to remove theirs by what its American champions were to call ‘ scientific management ’ , but in our period they were still groping for this solution . |
| 4 | The United States was still pressing for close cooperation , while the West German Chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , had on several occasions already suggested some kind of Franco-German cooperation . |
| 5 | The original version of the letter is still saved for future retrieval and completion |
| 6 | Whilst some small provision is still made for such study , the College 's aim today is ‘ to train young musicians for careers as performers and teachers of music ’ ( Gowrie : Review of the London Music Conservatories , 1980 ) . |
| 7 | The Bears were never headed but with just four heats left were still looking for extra inspiration . |
| 8 | But we 're still perplexed as to how the accident could have happened and we 're still looking for any motive for murder or suicide . ’ |
| 9 | And because the Bar was still crowded for some reason they were literally pushed together . |
| 10 | He found he could no longer hide behind a naive love , a sensuous world of uncomplex bohemia and he was drawn , still yearning for past ignorance , not up or down , but along to a state of affairs that simply put he could not cope with . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're still waiting for this body , ’ says the man with the braid from Tayside , the boys officially in charge . |
| 12 | Finally , the market square in Aylesbury is still closed for major work and obviously will be for some time , and you need to still avoid that area . |
| 13 | The launch of BSB , still scheduled for next spring , will be the true test of the Sky formula , while an advertising downturn would take away some of the very good margin the UK papers enjoy , especially The Sunday Times which is operating in an increasingly competitive Sunday market . |
| 14 | As she spoke , joy brightened her face , and the love she still felt for this man was alive in her every word . |
| 15 | He still hopes for another opportunity at Test level . |
| 16 | Now is , is the fact that they do n't do that , they still go for this rent and interest rate reduction is it because of the experience of the north , they found that the best way in the north was to go for rent reduction , interest rate reduction and then go on , and they were simply taking that experience into the south , but taking it into a different area where it was no longer necessary or appropriate ? |
| 17 | Financial control was centralized under one accounting officer , the Permanent Under-Secretary for Defence , with subordinate Deputy Under-Secretaries to oversee the individual Service votes , which were still retained for administrative convenience , but could be adjusted to conform to Defence , as opposed to single Service , priorities . |
| 18 | Looking ahead , the government is still hoping for continuing growth of 4% a year . |
| 19 | Customers still buy for local currency but vendors can not operate without their own reserves of US dollars or Deutschmarks . |
| 20 | As an alternative to foreclosure , the court may direct a sale of the property , and this may be fairer to both parties , since any surplus upon such sale will belong to the mortgagor , while the mortgagee may still sue for any deficiency . |
| 21 | Avioc from the UK has begun marketing Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstation 10s in Russia through the Moscow Sparc centre : export licences are still required for RISC-based computer equipment but the firm says it takes only 10 to 12 weeks to get one . |
| 22 | We still care for each other and , try as hard as we might , we still want each other . ’ |
| 23 | IBM is still shooting for top spot in the league table of Unix system vendors by 1993 . |