Example sentences of "is still a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be a spinster is not quite the abnormality it was in Austen 's day , but it is still a fate to be avoided . |
| 2 | It is not unusual to find adult education centres , in the middle of provincial inner cities , for example , in which the majority of the provision is still a testimony to white , petit-bourgeois aspirations and hobbies , peopled by students who travel into classes by car from outside the immediate neighbourhood . |
| 3 | ‘ I am enjoying my job more than ever and there is still a lot to be done with PRCS , so all the speculation is a bit silly . ’ |
| 4 | Three points from the last four available after five straight defeats is the reward for the manager 's faith and the sudden realisation that the First Division beckoned has focused minds magnificently as Jefferies acknowledged when he said : ‘ There is still a lot to be done but if the players show the same attitude for the rest of the season we wo n't go down . |
| 5 | If there is no gatevalve in this supply , the cold water cistern will have to be drained : turn off the supply or tie up the ballvalve ( so that there is still a supply to the kitchen tap ) and open the upstairs cold water taps . |
| 6 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 7 | Although why anyone with a Silver Cloud needs to worry about things yielding up their secrets is still a mystery to me . |
| 8 | But the dispute also made it clear to President Chamorro that the Nicaraguan left is still a force to be reckoned with . |