Example sentences of "still [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Despite having thousands of years to get it right , many employers still deny their female staff time for one of the most natural of human experiences.But now a new EC directive is set to come into force to improve maternity leave rights .
2 The Elleray Park special school pupil can not sit , stand , crawl or walk unaided and his parents still await his first words .
3 Kids walking up and down still drop their sweet packets though .
4 If they still owe their local authority money , they must pay it : they will not be let off the hook .
5 Rupert , you still owe me two cigarettes !
6 She still owe me forty pence .
7 ‘ I know , I still owe you fifty pounds . ’
8 Still give me pleasing Indolence , and Ease ;
9 I still add my own research , and usually something will come up during the course of the interview that means you can leave the game plan anyway .
10 I still add my own research , and usually something will come up during the course of the interview that means you can leave the game plan anyway .
11 I trust this answered your queries on the increase in the annual subscription and your members ' satisfaction , that they still consider it good value for money .
12 I still remember his upturned face far below .
13 Lucca has a long and brave history and its rigid grid of streets still betray its Roman origins .
14 ‘ I still get my medical students to listen to members of the Stillbirth Society who come to tell their stories .
15 You still get your sixty pee even if you do do it in the day .
16 I still like my own method .
17 Jointly scripted by Babenco and Jean-Claude Carriere , the film explores the bitter consequences of contact between white civilisation and the Niaruna Indians who still pursue their ancestral way in the heart of the forest .
18 Evan 's botanical records , kept meticulously for three decades , were placed immediately at the NCC 's disposal and still underpin its botanical data base .
19 still ring your own number , then its routed there at our cost , not yours
20 There were lanner falcons and peregrines in the zoo , I remember , and I still find their perfect manoeuvrability in the air almost unbelievable .
21 Do you sing those those , I still call 'em fabulous songs ?
22 They entered the pure search industry much more recently , and still offer their previous range of services .
23 The islands still belie their molten origins , with craggy cliffs and spectacular craters giving way to lush valleys and silky beaches .
24 These animals have changed little during the 400 million years since they evolved , and still retain their strange eyes .
25 But the walls of the interior still retain their rich stucco by B. Spinetti , Braun 's workshop decorated the dome , and there are paintings depicting Old Testament scenes by C. D. Asam in the octagonal cupola .
26 Since the same concept occurs in an even stronger form among groups like the Pathans who still retain their tribal structure , it is possible that this particular form of family identity originated in the strife- and tension-ridden relationships between Muslim tribes .
27 The reason for thinking that chloroplasts have this origin is that they still retain their own DNA and their own protein-synthesizing machinery .
28 The country houses of Goa still retain their Bohemian chandeliers and a mellow stateliness ( left ) , but since land reforms have had a crippling effect on incomes , they are difficult to maintain .
29 Some of the outbuildings are used for staff accommodation , while the remainder still serve their original functions of lodge , garages , kennels , stables , gardeners ' stores , potting shed , greenhouses , etc .
30 Writing to members of F&S and direct contact by shop officers with members of F&S got the most votes , so you are now asked to sign , date and send the attached ‘ model ’ letter to ( who is Chair of both F&S and SSC ) , or better still write your own version of the letter , to make your feelings clear .
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