Example sentences of "is still [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Syria is still supplying guns to the Muslims , just as Iraq is supplying guns to the Christians . |
| 2 | The field is a specialised one and the study of it is still producing refinements of previous discoveries . |
| 3 | Gunpowder is still made use of in those quarries where a splitting rather than a shattering action is required . |
| 4 | Horseshoe Quarry , that well known hole in the ground , is still getting attention from its favourite son , Jim Kelly . |
| 5 | ‘ Looking at how the franchise industry has developed in the United States and the diversity of franchises offered there , we can expect that much greater growth is still to take place in the UK market . ’ |
| 6 | He is still taking medication for injuries to his hand caused by the extreme cold blowing in through a hole in the fuselage during a ten-hour flight . |
| 7 | My father Arthur was secretary of the Southern Division for a number of years and is still enjoying life to the full . |
| 8 | Geothermal power ( heat from rocks ) is a technology that is still undergoing research in this country and which is seen by the Government as an energy longshot . |
| 9 | A report to the Community Charge sub-committee also revealed that the council is still owed £331,373.93 in rates , last collected in 1989–90 . |
| 10 | Major straightening of the Mississippi in the 1930s , largely for navigation purposes , is still creating problems for its present-day managers over hundreds of miles . |
| 11 | Former Vogue model Rachel , 25 , is still receiving treatment in hospital a week after she took the drug at a 21st birthday party . |
| 12 | Curbishley is still receiving treatment after having two weeks complete rest and could run in the Stockton district schools championships at the Cleveland County Stadium on Thursday . |
| 13 | The Society is still receiving applications for membership , one of the most recent being from Australia . |
| 14 | British Coal is still handling claims from mineworkers for diseases contracted more than 40 years ago , before nationalisation . |
| 15 | The Crown Prosecution Service is still considering reports on 5 others . |
| 16 | Remember , that ‘ scope is still recording scenes from the past . |
| 17 | In the case of pupils who are totally blind , or have little guiding sight , an orderly and reasonably predictable environment can help the pupil when he is still gaining confidence in independent mobility , but experience in purposeful movement and appropriate mobility training are even more essential . |
| 18 | Compton has also concluded that decentralization has continued despite the energy crisis , the south is still gaining population at the expense of the north ; East Anglia , the South West and the East Midlands continue to be the fastest growing regions ; and that Wales is about to join them . |
| 19 | One of the author 's former clients is still awaiting certificates for American stocks he bought through the crashed Sheridan Securities over two years ago , a familiar story to clients of many licensed dealers ( and many clients deal through several ) . |
| 20 | Keating , who came to symbolise the fraud and corruption that lay behind the collapse of hundreds of savings and loan institutions , which are comparable to British building societies , is still awaiting trial on more serious fraud and racketeering charges . |
| 21 | GARETH CHILCOTT , the England prop who was sent off for the fourth time in his playing career with Bath when the champions suffered a League reversal at Gloucester last month , is still awaiting news of his punishment from the Somerset disciplinary committee . |
| 22 | Durie , meanwhile , is still awaiting news of his appeal against an FA verdict of feigning injury . |
| 23 | Patrick is still having difficulties with girls : the married man keeps going to bed with them , not liking it very much and not liking the distress it brings to a wife whom he does like and who is carefully crafted to be likeable . |
| 24 | He is still haranguing rallies in the usual rabble-rousing , tub-thumping , arrogant and abrasive way . |
| 25 | For instance , the standard of merchantable quality of secondhand or shop-soiled goods is clearly less than of brand new goods , and a vendor who spells out that he is selling secondhand or shop-soiled goods is still warranting conformance with description , but it is a different description from the one he would have applied to brand new goods . |
| 26 | The vast middle class seems bored with the notion of taking to the streets when the government is still offering gestures of conciliation . |
| 27 | Angus Fraser is still feeling discomfort from the hip injury which kept him out for most of last season and may have to play in pain if he is to resume his first-class career . |