Example sentences of "still [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is important to stress , because the tradition of over.selling still persists in some quarters and it is possible to find extravagantly foolish predictions and claims within the educational technology literature , which will be a considerable embarrassment to the many sensible and imaginative teachers who have applied the method and found it helpful to them . |
| 2 | He still plays with wee men , you know he , he will have this strip of board |
| 3 | Scouting takes up much of Sarah 's spare time but she still squeezes in regular visits to Huddersfield Technical College where she is studying for two ‘ A ’ levels — geography and business studies . |
| 4 | Those who can " add value " by producing plywood receive up to 35 per cent , but the majority of the profits still goes to foreign companies . |
| 5 | For two years he needed massage several times a day and still goes for regular check-ups at hospital . |
| 6 | How true this still rings for modern consultants on the look-out for schemes for which no justification exists . |
| 7 | Until then the diet of the wealthy was rich in spices and sugar and involved mixing fruit , both fresh and dried , with meat — a tradition which still lingers in such things as Christmas mincemeat . |
| 8 | Achievement was incompatible with enjoyment , as the folklore of championship sport still assumes by sentencing sportsmen to temporary celibacy before the big match or fight . |
| 9 | The channel used to transmit the message is usually less direct and often involves sophisticated modern technology , but the system still depends on recognised codes , custom and expectations . |
| 10 | He also founded the Jersualem Cinematheque , which still flourishes in ornate premises in the Hebron Road , and the Israel Film Institute . |
| 11 | Resistance , other than to the organocholorines , is confined so far to only five important malaria vectors so the potential for chemical control still exists in many parts of the world It is very easy to advocate the use of alternatives to these chemicals but if you examine those for vector control in detail you will find that most are directed against the aquatic stages of the mosquito and few cases of adequate malaria control by such an attack on any significant scale can be cited . |
| 12 | Expansion of the Citizen 's Charter still concentrates on individual consumers rather than the potential of user groups . |
| 13 | Uzzell , who suffered appalling facial injuries , will probably never play professional football again and still complains of dizzy spells . |
| 14 | Despite suggestions that he should bathe every day , he still suffers from smelly feet and bad breath . |
| 15 | PRIMARY SCHOOL science has improved over the past decade but still suffers from poorly-trained teachers , inadequate space and equipment and bad organisation , a report from Her Majesty 's Inspectors said yesterday . |
| 16 | However , the state still intervenes in many areas of social and economic activity including the provision of welfare services — hence the existence of the public sector . |
| 17 | The Native people acknowledged the apology , but made it clear that cultural oppression still prevails in many parts of North America . |
| 18 | As far as I can ascertain this notation still applies to some brands of wool , but when we come to synthetics , things are a bit different . |
| 19 | The Protection from Eviction Act 1977 still applies to most lettings . |
| 20 | Among all the fashion designs ( dull , dull , dull ) , the press photographs ( which the Queen apparently believes are chosen for maximum ugliness ) , the portraits and fashion plates , one image only shines out — the charming relief of the Queen 's head by Arnold Machin ( the catalogue calls him Andrew , but we all make mistakes ) , which , after more than 25 years , still appears on British coins and stamps . |
| 21 | The ways in which old working class identity is re-formed still relies on cultural forms . |
| 22 | There has thus been a significant debate about the extent to which the state still dominates in international relations . |
| 23 | More importantly , the emphasis still falls on structural features , not on furnishing , inviting Sir John Soane 's criticism of the Adam ( classical ) house — that its interior was too architectural , and insufficiently distinguished from the exterior . |
| 24 | There was a practice at one time — no doubt it still continues in certain quarters — of collecting the rootstocks in which implanted buds had failed , bundling them up and selling them off as hedging . |
| 25 | Local folk religion still continues in some forms . |
| 26 | In 1910 the first James Wyllie moved the business from The Haugh to a factory called the Victoria Works in Mauchline and the firm still operates from these premises . |
| 27 | Other accounts include the few private accounts the Bank still maintains for historical reasons , the accounts of overseas central banks and the accounts of its own staff . |
| 28 | There are probably still remains of other mills . |
| 29 | Peter Townsend 's classic The Family Life of Old People ( 1957 ) still remains in many ways the most sympathetic and sensitive portrait of ordinary old people 's lives published in Britain . |
| 30 | However , the distinction still remains in certain areas , notably criminal libel ( see p77 ) , ex tempore statements at public meetings and noises of disapproval . |