Example sentences of "we still [vb base] a " in BNC.

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1 Even now we still use a caravan on site to reduce travelling time , which has the additional benefit of allowing us to take our black cat , Muffy , with us .
2 Perhaps the origins of song help to explain why we still require a firm outline .
3 Deep modulation at frequencies -I " is clearly only possible if " , so we still require a " bad cavity " , and we may note that the spectral holes form and refill on a time scale which thus plays an important role in the phenomenon : it has been claimed { 20 } that " population pulsations ' are the primary source of the instability .
4 yes , consumers want more , more variety , as well as just more , more consumption , and this is why , you know , although we produce cars just about in , in the U K , we still import a lot of cars to the U K.
5 Nobody firing back , and we still get a percentage of the profits .
6 We still get an , er quite a few calls where fireworks have been pushed through letter boxes , in including pillar boxes , and they can cause all sorts of havoc although they 'll not do an awful lot of damage to individuals .
7 Despite the recent re-issue of Rewald 's classic monograph , we still lack a true catalogue raisonné , bringing together all the visual and documentary material and engaging with the fundamental issues ; for example , after the sensational exhibition of the Mellon waxes at the National Gallery in Washington in 1991 , there is an even greater need for a study of the relationship of the waxes to the 1,500 or so bronze casts scattered throughout the world ; more understanding of Degas ' techniques and the reproductive processes used by his founder is urgently required ; a consideration of the images themselves , and their place in contemporary sculpture , is conspicuous by its absence ; and , the biggest question of all , the role of these wax figures in the wider oeuvre cries out to be examined .
8 Instead we still see an increasing clamour for ‘ abortion on demand ’ and improved facilities for sexually transmitted diseases .
9 None of us is starving , however , and we all have more than enough clothes to wear , but we still spend a large part of our lives worrying about our material needs — what should we eat ?
10 We still feel a nostalgia .
11 She confessed : ‘ We still feel a lot for each other . ’
12 And while we still have a chance
13 We still have a six-point buffer but I expect us to have to go to the last day of the season . ’
14 Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education .
15 We still have a fondness for unreasonably tall cakes and showers of rice , but contemporary brides tend not to be hedged about by garlands of orange blossom ( signifying chastity ) and smilax pinned to their dresses like a comelier version of the Queensferry Burry man .
16 A spokesman from Body Positive , a support group for people with the virus justified the campaign : ‘ We still have a long way to go because the general public is still very ignorant and there 's a lot of misinformation around . ’
17 ‘ It 's a big disappointment to lose Kharin , but despite that we still have a good team — although when we play Rangers in Glasgow in April I do n't know how many players we will have left . ’
18 ‘ If we win this game then we still have a good chance of qualifying from this group .
19 We still have a lot to learn about corporate governance , and we should not try to impose a single and relatively untried model on the UK 's major companies .
20 But Woosie , who is defending the individual title , declared : ‘ We still have a fighting chance of beating them .
21 ‘ Debbie was born there and we still have a place there , but not the same one that she grew up in .
22 Clearly we still have a long way to go to understand just how InsP 3 acts to open individual channels .
23 A closer look at the supposed benefits of object-oriented technology reveals that we still have a long way to go to realise them fully .
24 The fact is that we still have a great deal to learn about the skills that animals use to find their way around their own home ranges and to travel the globe .
25 More than half a dozen British Press awards as ‘ Sports Writer of the Year ’ , and four Sports Council tributes embracing both ‘ Best Sports Feature Writer ’ and ‘ Best Overall Sports Writer ’ have gone to McIlvanney , yet he glumly agrees with my own feeling that we still have a distance to go before achieving respectability .
26 Although we 've advanced a great deal in the last fifty years , we still have a way to go and our self esteem is lower than men .
27 Nevertheless the single base-line is adhered to , so we still have a series of episodic groups only formally united .
28 Good , that means we still have a good chance . ’
29 I mean every Sunday , we have a , a Sunday dinner , I mean it 's usually chicken , cos it 's the cheapest one there is , but I mean we still have a Sunday dinner , we have fresh veg and everything .
30 I believe delegation and empowerment is starting to show improvements but we still have a long way to go .
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