Example sentences of "still [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll chose a three-column grid because this is fast to work with while still allowing a good degree of flexibility . |
| 2 | ‘ Rock ’ climbing has already overtaken shopping as the number one leisure pursuit in most parts of the developed world — and still has a good way to go before it peaks . |
| 3 | It was quite a small type , rarely weighing as much as 320kg , with short , thin legs , a proportionately large body , ridged backbone , big-bellied ( the Red Poll still has a good rumen capacity for digesting quantities of low-grade roughage ) , rather plain and very lean , with a thin ‘ snake ’ head , always polled , and a large baggy udder with prominent milk veins . |
| 4 | 125 winner Loris Capirossi and third home Noboru Ueda — one speaks Italian , the other Japanese but they can still enjoy a good laugh |
| 5 | Oh hell , she said to herself and glared morosely at the scene before her , wondering why it was that while , in grief , she could still enjoy a good book or , say , a well-grilled sole , she could take no pleasure in a beautiful landscape . |
| 6 | In those days he still played a good deal of tennis . |
| 7 | He should stop f—ing around with these crummy songs , write some real ballads , have his knowing smirk surgically removed and piss off to Vegas where they still appreciate a good singer and are willing to pay . |
| 8 | Although homosexuality is no longer against the law , homosexuals still face a good deal of criticism and stigma . |
| 9 | It 's going to pull us a little bit closer to the rest of the pack but we have still got a good squad . ’ |
| 10 | On the question of the public conveniences erm I feel there 's been a lot of discussion about this , this kind of issue and I feel that what we 've got now is a good agreement erm , we 've got still providing a good level of service with attendance at the central I do n't like referring to conveniences , at the time that they are most needed and I think that now I would n't like to see us go without that if we do n't really need to . |
| 11 | and I know it 's too close but I 'm still getting a good wash . |
| 12 | ‘ We have to get back to a position where investors want to invest in unquoted companies and believe they 're still getting a good return , but I do n't think that will be the 30% they might have been promised . ’ |
| 13 | If you fail at the top , you can still have a good season . |
| 14 | So even these more awkward ones you can still you can still have a good guess at them , just from what you know . |
| 15 | After all he will still have a good pension to fall back on . |
| 16 | Even if I were a man of deep sensibility and tact — and it sounds pretty wimpish to me ! — I still needed a good night 's sleep . |
| 17 | He probably thinks everyone is still having a good time out there somewhere in the fog . |
| 18 | Even if ICI 's presence in the US OTC market with its well-known Mylanta and Mylanta II antacids is relatively modest it can still get a good price for these products . |
| 19 | These also help to tie the whole arrangement together , but in a small herb garden it is too restrictive of plant species , and one can still get a good result if individual beds are planted with different collections . |
| 20 | The archive still left a good deal to be desired . |
| 21 | It still had a good edge . |
| 22 | Afterwards he dismissed the defeat as no more than ‘ irritating ’ and said he still had a good chance of winning the match . |
| 23 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
| 24 | At the end of the night , the luck was with the opposition , but Roy and Judy still had a good night out . |
| 25 | But the public still had a good deal of confidence in the armed forces and the police , although both were held in less regard than they were ten years ago . |
| 26 | Already in November 1941 , the SD was reporting ‘ disappointment that the final smashing of Bolshevism is not taking place as rapidly as hoped and that no end of the eastern campaign is in sight ’ , a dampening of optimism at the news of the first falls of snow and the feeling that further advancement might be extremely difficult , puzzlement at the failure to advance further when the Russian troops were allegedly so poor and so badly equipped , concern at the reports of continued tough resistance of the Soviet army , and pessimism that ‘ the way to the Urals was still a long one , and the partisan war could still last a good while ’ . |
| 27 | There were twenty five thousand , I , I would n't like to see twenty five thousand on that ground again , because I , I used to smoke at the time and we were packed that tight in the ground I could n't even get my hands down to my pockets to get a cigarette out , so the erm after the first few games they started to draw at home and then they seemed to lose the impetus and that they still held a good position in the league , but the following season Liverpool were in the second division at the time , and I , I went to that match and Walsall scored first through Colin and er , they went on to beat us six-one in the end . |
| 28 | However , they still represent a good reservoir objective and in this instance the presence of interbedded shales is a positive factor in terms of hydrocarbon trapping . |
| 29 | ‘ If we win this game then we still have a good chance of qualifying from this group . |
| 30 | Good , that means we still have a good chance . ’ |