Example sentences of "is still [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Cunningham is still at university and is now joined by younger brother Michael , and Paul Mitchell is on crutches and will be out to Christmas . |
| 2 | Michelle , 24 , works in an electronics factory while Colette , 15 , is still at school . |
| 3 | His daughter , Rachel , is still at school . |
| 4 | They live in Langford Village , two miles from Bicester in Oxfordshire Barbara works as a clerk for a removal company , Joelle is a care assisstant at a home for the disabled , while Bobby is still at school . |
| 5 | Amy 's is still at school , so that 's four I can think of still at school . |
| 6 | He is still at school . |
| 7 | Captain of Detectives Barton MacLane has called out the National Guard to assist in the search for private detective Richard Quick , who is still at liberty . |
| 8 | He is still at sea with the silver I gave him to discover fresh treasure . |
| 9 | A communist old-boy network of managers and officials is still at work , shunting influential jobs to old comrades and hindering the break-up of old empires . |
| 10 | It is still at work , producing animal feed and , unlike many others , continues to make use of water power . |
| 11 | Today , Oil Mill is still at work grinding corn , much of the original structure still surviving . |
| 12 | Today , the brewery is still at work , producing three types of draught and three types of bottled beers , that are fervently supported locally and supplied to sixteen local pubs in the surrounding towns and villages . |
| 13 | Doubtless this wish was at bottom an ideological one , inspired by the same mania for dividing the world into masculine and feminine that is still at work today . |
| 14 | ‘ Our friend is still at work . ’ |
| 15 | In spite of the fact that the Russian parliament suspended the agreement on Russian territory , an interdepartmental commission , which includes Russian officials , is still at work in Minsk sorting out claims between the former republics of the USSR . |
| 16 | If she is still at work , the situation can be even more fraught as , apart from the extra housework , she may find her loyalties uncomfortably divided . |
| 17 | The legacy of Christianity in the West is still at work . |
| 18 | " I expect Mr. Preston 's secretary is still at lunch , " Sara said . |
| 19 | For all his arrogance , William Bentley is still at heart an innocent boy , a fourteen-year-old brought up to believe himself superior and privileged and flattered at receiving the trust of his uncle , whom he admires for his firmness of purpose . |
| 20 | The thirty year old is still at home . |
| 21 | For example , when Mr Reynolds has fully recovered from his anaesthetic , he is still at risk from the possible complications of surgery . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's still living in Derry and is still at risk , but the MoD have washed their hands of him . ’ |
| 23 | ( The Shambles in York , for instance , was the street of the butchers or fleshammels , and the Butchers Hall is still at number forty . ) |
| 24 | Whilst the nation is still at war with itself , whilst the security forces stand accused of supporting Inkatha members in attacks on the ANC at Boipatong , now , as Mick Cleary asked in RW&P in January , ‘ can anyone say ( now ) that there will be no violent backdrop to the 1995 World Cup ? ’ |
| 25 | Marine pollution specialists stressed that the diesel was likely to disperse — but an attempt will be made today to pump ashore 40 tonnes of fuel which is still on board . |
| 26 | This preference was even stronger when minnows were offered plastic models of nests — they invariably laid in nests containing white eggs , a habit which tends to ensure that the minnows ' eggs hatch before the perch 's do , and therefore while he is still on guard . |
| 27 | Marina Loheit of Germany is still on top with her horse the Sundance Kid … there 's a possee of Brits behind … |
| 28 | But his co-defendant Frank Smith is still on trial . |
| 29 | Austrian Gerhard Berger yesterday toasted his victory in the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal but insisted Britain 's Nigel Mansell is still on course for the title . |
| 30 | Whacked Wayne is still on winner |