Example sentences of "and still [vb -s] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Sprake got and still gets a great deal of stick , including from me , he was in fact an excellent keeper . |
| 2 | June Thomas was an engineering draughtswoman until three years ago , and still does a full-time job . |
| 3 | This was consistently commended by advisory staff throughout the period under review and still remains a central component of expected practice ( for example , Leeds City Council 1989a , 1989e , 1990a , 1990c ) . |
| 4 | It is an area I do not know and the reason for choosing it came from a close friend who has put up with the knowledge of my obsession for many years now and still remains the closest of friends . |
| 5 | One thinks himself the master of others , and still remains the greater slave than they . |
| 6 | Instead it demonstrated that Scotland is profoundly conservative and still possesses a robust and apparently irreducible Conservative and Unionist vote . |
| 7 | The well is believed to date from the sixteenth century and still produces the pure water which the inhabitants had drunk in the days of the plague . |
| 8 | In Islam , it symbolizes the bridge between Paradise , the world of men and the world below , and still retains a religious significance that is no longer evident in the West . |
| 9 | She was in hospital for several weeks and still bears the physical and psychological scars of the attack . |
| 10 | It was a richly decorated example and still contains a coffered marble ceiling and part of the cella wall . |
| 11 | The façade is Lombard Romanesque style , probably built in the thirteenth-century , and still contains the old doorway . |
| 12 | The tank was already set up , but was adapted for the Asiaticus and still contains the original occupants of Rinoloricaria species and Corydoras . |
| 13 | He or she is not nowadays very likely to feature in the book you may write , but the idea lies at the heart of detective fiction and still exercises a subtle influence . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | I was from a family in Northern California , about thirty miles out of San Francisco ; I had an older brother who had and still has a great collection of 45s , but we were actually swimmers . |
| 16 | The Grange has always been a happy house and still has a faint atmosphere of piety , fully intended by Mr Teulon . |
| 17 | Porridge was repeated this year and still has a big following inside . ’ |
| 18 | He is about fifty and still has a full head of jet black slicked-back hair , Elvis-style . |
| 19 | Brand A has been carefully put together to ensure that the slimmer enjoys a wide range of textures and flavours and still has the psychological satisfaction of preparing the food he or she eats . |