Example sentences of "still [vb base] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But the low priority still given to gender , and the position of women in the foothills of the profession , ( see BSA , 1986 ) together with increased competition for the limited funding available for sociological research in the present political climate , suggest that feminists still face a long struggle to put women 's issues onto sociology 's mainstream agenda .
2 At the other end of the size scale , Fiat Geotech 's takeover of Ford New Holland has now been signed , though changes to the two product lines still seem a long way off .
3 Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education .
4 A spokesman from Body Positive , a support group for people with the virus justified the campaign : ‘ We still have a long way to go because the general public is still very ignorant and there 's a lot of misinformation around . ’
5 Continued help in learning Spanish — I can now communicate , but still have a long way to go in fully understanding what people are saying to me
6 Clearly we still have a long way to go to understand just how InsP 3 acts to open individual channels .
7 A closer look at the supposed benefits of object-oriented technology reveals that we still have a long way to go to realise them fully .
8 They saw the boom falling , but still have a long way to go to fill the hole that the decline of the mainframe is about to open up .
9 Others , focusing on issues such as the inequality in the wages paid to men and women or the violence that women receive at men 's hands , argue that women still have a long way to go before they are fully liberated .
10 I believe delegation and empowerment is starting to show improvements but we still have a long way to go .
11 Others still have a long way to go and a lot to learn about their disabilities .
12 Richard Spindler and Julia Verity know they still have a long way to go .
13 Britons join pasta set BRITONS are eating more pasta than ever before but they still have a long way to go to match their continental neighbours , according to a survey by pasta makers Buitoni .
14 Det Insp Gordon Williams added : ‘ We still have a long way to go before we reach our target .
15 But even with the successful , and still limited legislation , backed up with the pressure of millions of pounds recovered in compensation by our union , we still have a long way to go .
16 Why , I still have a long workout in my net every morning even before our first cuppa ginseng .
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