Example sentences of "still [v-ing] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whichever the true cause ( and the mystery has never been entirely solved , the German official history still preferring to attribute the success to the sheer ‘ force ’ of the Bavarian attack ) , within four hours on the morning of March 20th the entire position fell , with negligible losses to the attackers . |
| 2 | The skep , with some comb still hanging to feed the bees through the cold times , was lifted onto a cloth , the spare bees scooped back into it , and it was wrapped to be carried back down to overwinter in the bee field . |
| 3 | Throughout this interview Mrs Singh , who was still struggling to grasp the implications of what the head and educational psychologist were telling her , attempted to contribute . |
| 4 | They are still struggling to push the US currency safely back to spring levels . |
| 5 | Cabinet officers , dogged by side-issues of ‘ diversity ’ and ‘ balance ’ , are still struggling to fill the lower-level posts in their departments . |
| 6 | It 's two years since President Ceaucescu was overthrown , but Romania is still struggling to overcome the legacy of decades of communist dictatorship . |
| 7 | And yet still unwilling to creep away , still wanting to arouse the sleeping wolf , wanting … |
| 8 | So we paid them , it cleared our bank last week and they 're still refusing to move the product , we do n't know why . |
| 9 | Later , having chosen marriage over her promising career , she writes , ‘ The basic inhibition still operating to suppress the power of women is the persistent vicious alternative — MARRIAGE OR CAREER — full personal life versus the way of achievement ; ’ ( Furumoto and Scarsborough 1986 : 41 ) . |
| 10 | He did not abandon the results of these strenuous efforts under the stress of emotion : through all the superficial symptoms of strong feeling , he was still seeking to follow the principle of life to which he was committed by his monastic vows . |
| 11 | ‘ And what about you — are you still going to raise the subject with your parents about Jennifer going there , or have you changed your mind ? ’ |
| 12 | Returning to London eventually , and still attempting to arrange the peace for which they were empowered , they stayed on for a second year , accumulating benefices and sustained by clerical procurations meanwhile . |
| 13 | We are still attempting to persuade people that the figures they have been given or have invented are wrong and if we operate on the real figures there is no reason for mass closures of elderly persons homes and we are still attempting to make the refurbishment programme work as best we can to achieve the most we can in the shortest period and for the least money . |
| 14 | Tottenham fans are still waiting to see the England Under-21 international produce the scintillating form that he displayed at his former club Portsmouth . |
| 15 | But the 29-year-old is still waiting to make the breakthrough . |
| 16 | ORGANISERS of the world 's largest military air show are still waiting to get the go-ahead for this year 's event . |
| 17 | Well we 're still continuing to monitor the situation we 're still carrying on inquiries at er at schools we 're going further afield now in case there is some suggestion that she she might be living further afield er towards Worksop or even in towards Derbyshire . |
| 18 | What she 'd been doing was missing breakfasts and lunches and dinners in an effort to accommodate Silvia 's erratic time-keeping — and still failing to do the stipulated six hours a day , she thought to herself with a dart of misery . |
| 19 | I 've just said are you still having to do the six months , it 'll sound as if you 're getting a prison sentence |
| 20 | The Collector and half a dozen Sikhs were still managing to hold the door into the drawing-room , but only just . |
| 21 | ‘ Why do you hate me ? ’ she asked them , still managing to keep the tears from her eyes . |
| 22 | It served as a military base for a foreign power still fighting to subdue the remainder of the country . |
| 23 | So , to test their intelligence we decided to show each horse a plate of oats , and while it was still watching to place the food inside the ring of the tire with the empty feed bucket on top . |
| 24 | Male rival Jean Charest , 34 , scored 1,369 votes , or 39pc and was still hoping to upset the front-runner in the next ballot , though Campbell needs only 71 more votes to win . |
| 25 | Eventually , however , those commanders still loyal tot he Shah ( or still hoping to resist the imposition of Islamic government ) produced a series of plans for a military take-over . |
| 26 | The fire brigade had to bring in their rescue boat normally used on the Thames to ferry 60 stranded people while the local council issued sandbags to those still hoping to keep the water at bay . |
| 27 | Paul Marland is still hoping to defuse the crisis . |
| 28 | Still trying to regain the imposing form he had displayed in the past days at Celtic and West Ham , there was a strong suspicion that McAvennie was past his prime . |
| 29 | A couple he met quite recently — Nick , do n't you dare come in here in those muddy boots ! ’ she yelled , utterly confusing Hilary , who was still trying to digest the fact that Gwen thought Leo looked amiable . |
| 30 | OECD and its related organization , the International Energy Agency ( IEA ) , were still trying to digest the lessons and , in the case of IEA , devise mechanisms to avert a repetition . |