Example sentences of "is still the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Joisey ’ is still the butt of jokes made by New York sophisticates , but its political leaders , like the outgoing Governor Kean , now have national stature and have taken the lead in forming social policy for the rest of America on welfare reform , school financing , public housing and care of the environment . |
| 2 | A combination of east winds and sub zero temperatures made shore and boat fishing difficult throughout the region although there is still the chance of odd big cod . |
| 3 | Glenlomond Tweedsdale with electric radiant/convector fire Finally , for those desiring to close up a flue , or without a gas supply to their home , there is still the chance of enjoying the soothing glow of a ‘ open ’ fire with an electric flickering flame unit . |
| 4 | The day-to-day running of the school ( within the framework of policies and decisions made by and/or on behalf of the governing body ) is still the responsibility of the headteacher who now ‘ reports ’ to the governing body rather than to the officers of the LEA . |
| 5 | Unicorn is still the responsibility of her builders , Cammell Laird of Birkenhead , some of whose staff were among the 40-plus on board yesterday , and any defects should be rectified by the shipyard . |
| 6 | Even when the project is completed there is still the finish to apply , with its attendant risks of streaky grain and sagging runs in the varnish , french polish or lacquer . |
| 7 | If you have definitely made up your mind to explore pastures new here 's what you will find : AUSTRALIA is still the favourite and there are now two million expats Down Under . |
| 8 | If the observer is visibly present , even though not participating , there is still the likelihood that his presence is affecting what is happening ( Woods 1988 ) . |
| 9 | He is certainly thicker , his hair has gone nearly grey , but there is still the charm , the common sense , the self-effacing humour , the mischievousness . |
| 10 | And although international processes are moving towards notions of citizenship not based in ethnicity , this is still the norm in international law . |
| 11 | WHILE home cooking is still the norm , almost a fifth of the money spent on eating is for food bought away from home . |
| 12 | This is still the norm for women who have not had a hysterectomy : by taking progestogen with oestrogen for ten to 12 days each month , cancer of the endometrium is no longer an increased risk . |
| 13 | Azo-dye production is still the core business at CAC , with four main buildings housing production and the associated facilities . |
| 14 | Hence the stalemate between the two camps , the Deterrers and the Disarmers , which is still the position . |
| 15 | That is still the position and the direction given by the family proceedings court runs contrary to that principle . |
| 16 | But the functionalist starting-point is still the idea that people are socialised strongly into conformity and that social phenomena can be explained in terms of the functions they perform . |
| 17 | The painfully sensitive narrator of The Better Angel grows up to be a farmer , not a novelist , but there is still the sense that he tells his tale as an act of compulsive , faintly therapeutic , honesty . |
| 18 | That is still the government 's public view , but it is understood that privately ministers have conceded they may have to change the law in three or four years . |
| 19 | For producers often internalize known or possible market relationships , and this is a very complex process indeed , ranging from obvious production for the market which is still the work the producer ‘ always wanted to do ’ , through all the possible compromises between the market demand and the producer 's intention , to those cases m which the practical determinations of the market are acknowledged but the original work is still substantially done . |
| 20 | But there is a more immediate aim for striker Ian Wright who is fighting a fitness battle to return in the live Sky TV game against the club which sold him to Highbury less than a year ago and show he is still the man England need . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | That is still the case , says Ms Reeves . |
| 23 | At the time of writing , this is still the case , although the initial process of removing the fuel has occurred in many instances . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It is still the case that the type of job affects the absentee behaviour . |
| 27 | It is still the case that the majority of girls do not see themselves as primarily workers or careerists . |
| 28 | That is still the case and , comparatively recently , a South Wales editor was hauled before a Crown Court judge because a freelance artist had misinterpreted his instructions to do a sketch ‘ from memory ’ , of certain proceedings involving the trail of a local man . |
| 29 | The Centre 's experience is that this is still the case , and the importance of some sudden reversal in family fortunes as a cause of debt was underlined by our own interviews ( Appendix 11 , section 5 ) . |
| 30 | That is still the case and , comparatively recently , a South Wales editor was hauled before a Crown Court judge because a freelance artist had misinterpreted his instructions to do a sketch ‘ from memory ’ , of certain proceedings involving the trail of a local man . |