Example sentences of "and [noun] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Larger numbers of roe deer live near there and Czechoslovakia still has bears and wolves roaming in the wild . |
| 2 | A sanitiser used to replace cleaning and disinfection still requires the final rinse and the standard achieved is likely to be indifferent . |
| 3 | Luxor and Aswan still draw tourists up the Nile , but times have changed and standards have slipped . |
| 4 | The early morning was cool and birds still chattered in the long grasses along the line . |
| 5 | A firm basis for the study of Oriental art came more slowly , and as we shall see , some of the differences of approach between East and West still require wider recognition . |
| 6 | They had all learned from him ; she and Lisa still spoke , stylistically , as he had taught them to . |
| 7 | The blood had been washed from his face and body , and he was still wearing the very good quality underwear that showed him indeed to be the son of an aristocratic family , who , despite Robespierre and Talleyrand still gave one of their sons to the Church . |
| 8 | At least her and Ivor still have their freedom . |
| 9 | The scores from the returns were added together and Chelmsford still remained on top , led by Katie and her colleagues Annie Marie , Kate and Karon . |
| 10 | With both Leicester and Sunderland still chasing honours , the situation will probably remain unclear until the season ends . |
| 11 | School and university still had n't changed me as much as they had ; maybe even the rest of my life could never compensate for their formative effect . |
| 12 | Translation — with both Sega and Nintendo still locked in combat for the pre-pubescent male dollar , anything that might alienate little boys ( eg girlie games ) is still a definite no-no . |
| 13 | Perhaps it is just as well that we are travelling by imagination and not with our physical senses , because many of the towns and cities still carry open sewers in the streets . |
| 14 | Some of the ancient fortresses and cities still harbour Dwarfs , but the connecting tunnels are dangerous places which even the Dwarfs use with due caution . |
| 15 | At the end of the night , the luck was with the opposition , but Roy and Judy still had a good night out . |
| 16 | For the high K coverage regime , our results show a very large increase in the heat of adsorption , to 300kJmol -1 , although the simultaneous desorption of K and CO still occurs at 700K ( ref. 11 ) . |
| 17 | We do not know how many agencies and courts still adhere to this policy and practice . |
| 18 | But while the United States , France , the UK and Germany still find themselves in similar league positions to a hundred years ago , there is now a growing challenge from a dozen or more previously dependent nations , especially in Asia . |
| 19 | MACR does not form a word that can be Used as mnemonic , and Memory , Aims , Concentration and Review still lack one thing . |
| 20 | Just then I glanced through the little bedroom window and saw all the women and kids still hanging about outside . |
| 21 | Her face and eyes still smiled but there was a new sharpness in her voice as she said : ‘ Who else could we ask so much of ? |
| 22 | Intra-EC customs clearance work , hitherto carried out mainly by agents , is no longer appropriate but both governments and industry still require statistics to be kept , particularly in the early years of the single market . |
| 23 | ‘ What with all this , and Ken still lying in that bed — ’ She broke off and Tina intervened . |
| 24 | The employment contract made between employer and employee still forms the basis of modern employment law , notwithstanding the detailed legislation of recent years . |
| 25 | Hekmatyar had refused to join the interim government , and his forces and artillery still threatened Kabul from the south . |
| 26 | In the 1970s , most Keynesians , monetarists and marxists still believed firmly in the validity of their diagnoses and the efficacy of their remedies . |
| 27 | ‘ We put on a substitute , Tony Dobson , as a second marker and Waddle still produced crosses . ’ |
| 28 | Nutritionists and cartographers still draw the so-called ‘ hunger line ’ through Asia and the Americas ; the poorer people who live in those countries that are sandwiched between Mexico and Chile , and between North Korea and New Guinea , exist on diets of fewer than 2,250 calories a day , and thus go to bed each night hungry . |
| 29 | The tiff between John and Edward still made itself felt . |
| 30 | As a result , the second visit sees a number of entrances and bolt-holes still closed up while the remainder are back in use . |