Example sentences of "still [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The first function of the Commons is still to sustain an effective government .
2 Canadian labour education is by no means a model of good practice , but if it is possible for unions with far weaker traditions of political affiliation and shopfloor militancy than in Britain to stray beyond the circumscribed perimeters of the workplace in their training , then it is harder still to accept the myopic parochialism of much current British practice .
3 It is , for example , generally easier to remember 681.945.6 than 6819456 , and easier still to remember a mixed notation such as 532CRM721 .
4 If Great Britain were still to play a significant role in military operations in Europe , massed levies would be needed .
5 Their applications followed that of Austria in July 1989 [ see p. 36822 ] , on which the EC Commission had still to give a formal Opinion .
6 James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield .
7 James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield .
8 We have still to mention the following , whose contributions arrived after the last published list : Pete Silverton , Pat O'Neill , M How , Brad Hatton , W McColl and William Gibson .
9 Forster shows women in apparently similar circumstances — their objective is still to marry a suitable gentleman .
10 The Thun-Hohensteins had still to overcome a German bureaucratic hurdle : the customs officials could hardy believe that a German-Bohemian family driven out of Bohemia could want to give back to Decin a valuable painting which was all that remained of their former wealth .
11 ’ I 've still to add the commercial bits . ’
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