Example sentences of "is still a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ British fashion manufacturing is still a sweatshop industry ’ |
| 2 | More than two thirds of that colossal amount was devoted to lager , which is still a minority brand in Britain . |
| 3 | Experience teaches.a lot as to whether or not a phenomenon is likely to be a genuine signal or background noise , but there is still a twilight zone , the tantalising occurrences which are probably noise but might possibly be signal . |
| 4 | Despite the best tries of metricationists , the name of Fahrenheit is still a household word ; that of Reaumur is not . |
| 5 | There is still a village shop with newsagency , and a post office . |
| 6 | There is still a skid mark from one end of the runway to where the ‘ Fury left it at the other end . |
| 7 | The apparent reliance of industry and commerce on the flip-chart is still a standing joke in education , but perhaps there is a lesson to be learnt here and my office wall may soon sprout one ! |
| 8 | The Berlin Wall came down the year before , but John Major is not Prime Minister yet and EuroDisney is still a building site . |
| 9 | There is still a question mark over the availability of the multi-talented Neil Doak , who played scrum half in the cup final two seasons ago . |
| 10 | Certainly , he can enjoy the outcome for a day or two , but there is still a question mark over dealings in the longer term on the all-important economy , with the rivalry between the trading blocs dictating how ‘ special ’ the ‘ relationship ’ is likely to remain . |
| 11 | There is still a Tuesday market with many stalls , the market place and Market Street being closed to traffic on this day only . |
| 12 | As to the volume of work available , crime is still a growth industry , and the constantly increasing complexity of many parts of the law inevitably creates a demand for skilled legal advice . |
| 13 | ‘ Sugar is still a growth market and we expect it to grow by roughly 2 per cent a year for the next 25 years , ’ he says . |
| 14 | Complications after operation have become less prominent with increasing experience , but there is still a failure rate of about 10% . |
| 15 | The rigidity of the Seayak is noticeable but it is still a plastic boat and therefore slow and fairly cumbersome . |
| 16 | His tally of 1,816 wickets for Lancashire is still a county record and he played 70 times for England claiming a further 252 victims . |
| 17 | In 1955 he took 175 wickets , which is still a club record . |
| 18 | ‘ Simon Osborn is like a choirboy , Gareth Southgate is a clean , fresh player , Bowry is only 9st 7lb , and Ndah is still a youth player . |
| 19 | A privileged account of racial prejudice in the police is provided by an interview with the first black policeman to join the Metropolitan Police , Sergeant Roberts , who is still a serving officer nineteen years later : |
| 20 | Defence has accounted for 11% of UK manufacturing output and is one of the few sectors in which the country is still a world leader . |
| 21 | Despite these changes , some of which have proved to be environmentally degrading , there is still a food crisis because population growth is rapid ( 2–3 per cent per annum ) and farming systems are failing to provide the necessary increase in productivity of c. 4 per cent per annum ( Okigbo 1985 ) . |
| 22 | Right , now will let m l Let me ask you where you are going then as far as the Party 's own constitution is concerned , we saw a development , a significant development that I no doubt you would say at the Labour Party conference er er down in Brighton , but not withstanding O M O B the trade unions still have one third of the votes in the selection of the leader of the party , seventy percent say on policy matters at conference , there is still a trade union block vote . |
| 23 | There is still a post office . |