Example sentences of "it is still the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The triceps make up 60% of the upper arm while the biceps make up only 40% and yet it is still the case that most people tend to have overdeveloped biceps . |
| 2 | The party may have put on a collar and tie but it is still the Labour Party , prone to its old reflexes ( as it reminded us yesterday on defence spending ) , prisoner still of its anachronistic structure , its mind set in 100 years of working-class history . |
| 3 | Overall filling times have n't been changed by the arrival of the Packman , since it is still the job of filling with water that generally takes up most time . |
| 4 | Academically the traits approach has been very largely discredited , partly because of its lack of precision and partly because it has demonstrably not worked in identifying the most effective leaders , yet it is still the most commonly used approach . |
| 5 | Despite criticisms voiced by the Post Office Engineering Union ( 1980 ) it is still the case that warrants are to be issued under the hand of the Home Secretary rather than a judge , there apparently being no concern that a major invasion of privacy can take place by executive act without the need for any judicial approval or authorization , as is required in other democracies . |
| 6 | While this is so , it is still the case that by no means all hospitals or doctors are yet educated in the pharmacological and other management of the terminally ill , and large numbers of patients outside hospices and centres of excellence may well , by virtue of their condition , continue to pose the problem of euthanasia . |
| 7 | However , it is still the most popular of illuminated cars , attracting admiration whenever it appears . |
| 8 | It is still the case that the type of job affects the absentee behaviour . |
| 9 | It is still the case that the majority of girls do not see themselves as primarily workers or careerists . |
| 10 | It is still the best foundation at postgraduate level . |
| 11 | If such a lizard is caught by the body , it is still the tail that snaps off , separating from its base independently of any external pressure . |
| 12 | It was to be the source of seemingly endless conflict for centuries to come , and it is still the greatest of all impediments to human progress . |
| 13 | Domestically , it is still the title to win . |
| 14 | In any event , it is still the wiser course for a comfort letter expressly to exclude legal liability if such is the intention . |
| 15 | When he came in he said to Sien , ‘ It is still the same as last year . ’ |
| 16 | Adhesives can be either rubber solution glue or egg white , which was used by the Victorians , and I think it is still the best option as it does not mark the leaves and flowers — commercial glues do after a time . |
| 17 | Although the Code is the tool of the qualified practitioner it is still the model for all current nursing students in preparing for their roles as nurses and advocates of the patient . |
| 18 | South Africa is in a state of social and political flux as it enters a new non-racial era — yet it is still the favoured venue to host the 1995 World Cup . |
| 19 | It is still the definitive cinematic story of the attack and , for all the commercial flaws of the film , it stands alone in technical accuracy and the actual attack scenes are among the finest put together for an aviation film . |
| 20 | However that may be , there is no doubt at all that it is still the most popular of the Old roses . |
| 21 | However , it is still the inspector who decides what is an ‘ acceptable argument ’ and what is not . |
| 22 | It is still the case that social workers ' reliance on the legislature or the courts to solve the problems posed by the varying use of secure accommodation is ineffective in improving the allocation process . |
| 23 | But it is still the case that such countries have considerable difficulty in servicing their debts and the debt problem continues to be serious . |
| 24 | A woman may not be bound by her role as a housewife but it is still the case that in so far as any one person is left with the main responsibility for the housework , that person is the woman . |
| 25 | Even though it may be said that what is taken on in the incarnation is a humanity in which we all share , it is still the case that the form in which this universal nature is said to have been taken on is that of a male human being . |
| 26 | Even if we take patristic Christology , in which it is said that God in Christ took on humanity in which we all participate , it is still the case that that human nature was the human nature of a male human being . |
| 27 | But it is still the case that through the reading of it in church a certain image of what it means to be male or female is conveyed . |
| 28 | It is still the same road , but has merely changed its function and thus its form . |
| 29 | Even if there never will be any easy answers to such questions , and certainly not ones which could be read off from some kind of ‘ correct analysis ’ , it is still the case that the better informed we are about the complexities which underlie them the quicker we will be able to learn from our mistakes . |
| 30 | It is still the case that the economy is determinant ‘ in the last instance ’ , but the economy never functions in isolation from the other instances . |