Example sentences of "it still [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It still contained some of the stolen antiques , but the robbers got away with the rest over £20,000 worth of goods . |
| 2 | It still had some major figures but no broad base . |
| 3 | She was confusing her poor machine with half a row of the new pattern , when it still had some of the last row in its little cogs . |
| 4 | although in fact it still had some way to run ; the third were presents given when the case really was over . |
| 5 | Environmentalist groups have criticised the plan , because it still allows some logging in ancient forests , but say they are prepared to work with the Administration to improve it . |
| 6 | After the collapse of Law 's schemes his vast unified company was divided into its component parts again , but it still took some years for the French to recover in India . |
| 7 | That was a time when young and old had thronged the streets to welcome in a new century and , though anything with the 1800s about it was already as dead as history , it still took some years before the magical 19 in the date lost its strangeness and one would write it without a slight hesitation . |
| 8 | The door was only pushed to , though it still took some fancy paw-work to haul it open . |
| 9 | But even when unanimity is the genuine product of a free decision on the part of all , it still poses some problems . |
| 10 | The risk can be reduced by flying in the low tow position below the wake , but it still has some disadvantages and towing in this position has not been generally adopted in Europe or elsewhere . |
| 11 | BT believes it still has some way to go before it can match the performance of American telecommunications companies and is also anxious to stay ahead of European public sector rivals . |
| 12 | The second , smaller , chest has clearly been ransacked but it still has some items inside . |
| 13 | It is common practice to put a battery on charge when it still has some life in it . |
| 14 | The second difference from the development charge was that though the levy would normally be paid to the seller , if ‘ when the land comes to be developed , it still has some development value on which levy has not been taken in previous sales , that residual value will be subject to levy at the time of development ’ . |
| 15 | While this figure is likely to have a fair range of variation according to the amount of crime in the catchment area of the newspaper and the general interest of the newspaper in reporting sex crime , it still gives some idea that it is only a small minority of local cases that get featured nationally . |