Example sentences of "of [noun] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He threw down the towel , damp locks of hair still slicked on his forehead . |
| 2 | Some glimmer of hope still remained ; but the woman 's voice dispelled it . |
| 3 | McClellan 's system has been used successfully as the foundation for provision at his former authority of Tottenham Public Libraries , and a handful of authorities still use those ideas today in modified form . |
| 4 | It endorsed British industry 's achievements under the policies that we have been pursuing for the past 12 years , urged us to continue and build upon them in future and condemned utterly the sort of policies still advocated by the Labour party , which is stuck in a mind-set of the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 5 | Fifty miles inland , the remains of the wartime government 's fall-back line of defence still survives , mostly along the line of the Kennett-Avon canal . |
| 6 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 7 | Whilst the OLA 1957 embodies a statutory duty of care towards lawful visitors , liability under the tort of negligence still exists outside the OLA 1957 with regard to visitors to the hotelier 's or caterer 's premises . |
| 8 | The Swindon success story is n't just on the field … off the field they 've been rebuilding too … the overdraft is below a million … but the world of football the town of Swindon still wonders if the County Ground could cope could afford the premier league … |
| 9 | It will of course still make one : a mirror-image again of the American claim that Vietnam has left one million settlers behind , and that the Cambodian government is communist . |
| 10 | That pleasing equilibrium between man , raffia , mud or whatever , does of course still prevail in various parts of the world . |
| 11 | People who have already built up SERPS entitlements will of course still receive their SERPS pension . |
| 12 | The wall opposite the sink and the window was covered with an oak dresser , very old and probably valuable , if it had been possible to remove it from the wall without its collapse , and the original row of bells still hung over the door each with its Gothic script ; drawing room , dining room , study , nursery . |
| 13 | Pockets of resistance still remained in 1922 , in Tambov , Siberia , Georgia , and Central Asia : seemingly safe areas , like the Smolensk and Kursk gubernii , were not as stable as they seemed to be on the surface . |
| 14 | The magazine Der Spiegel recently published the results of an opinion poll revealing that 14 per cent of Germans still think Jews were partly to blame for what happened to them in the second world war , 36 per cent believe Jews ‘ have too much influence ’ , and more than 50 per cent believe it is time for Germany to forget the past and move on . |
| 15 | There is also the pressure of time , when he knows there is a long list of cases still waiting to be tried at that particular circuit . |
| 16 | So , what if Wolfgang Klein 's innocent enquiries about hidden caves and grottoes had churned up bitter memories of accounts still unsettled ? |
| 17 | Ianthe was disconcerted , even a little shocked , to see the bottles of milk still standing outside the door of her uncle 's Mayfair rectory when she arrived there to luncheon on Quinquagesima Sunday . |
| 18 | Pursuing the concept that art and life are one , modern artists have chosen to use degradable materials concerned more with the nightmare of the present than with the recognition of generations still to come . |
| 19 | Lord you ca n't deal with that er at the snap of the fingers obviously , but I think you 'd agree that er going from the number three upwards that if there is any reports from management er and if the letters from the members of parliament still exist in your clients file , they would be disclosable |
| 20 | Inland a handful of castles still held out . |
| 21 | The decision on whether to be in or out of SERPS still hinges chiefly on age . |
| 22 | Since , both the demand for and supply of labour still exceed L , the existing volume of employment , despite the reduction in the real wage . |
| 23 | I do n't know how far people can be integrated , because to the businessman it appears that the businessman is dealing with the nitty gritty of life and the responsibilities of every day life and the university man is someone who is detached from them , maybe the ivory tower sort of pictures still holds true . |
| 24 | Its massive cyclopean ring of masonry still stands to a height of 3 metres . |
| 25 | The extent of local monopoly means that the majority of DHAs still have to deal with their own local providers and may have no realistic alternative for the bulk of their services . |
| 26 | His euphoria was further fuelled by a delicious anticipation of pleasure still to come . |
| 27 | Despite this , a pilot survey indicated that 10% of drivers still forget to lock all doors , shut all windows or lock the boot . |
| 28 | His letter of appreciation still adorns the walls , along with those of many other MPs . |
| 29 | The real point about the events of 1558 is that it was a missed opportunity for the Catholics , missed because Mary of Guise still temporized , still would not put the weight of the ‘ state ’ behind that of the church . |
| 30 | The country houses of Goa still retain their Bohemian chandeliers and a mellow stateliness ( left ) , but since land reforms have had a crippling effect on incomes , they are difficult to maintain . |