Example sentences of "still [verb] to [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is still referred to as a tournament rather than a championship , which reflects a kind of inverted snobbery . |
| 2 | At that time , John , Baron Russell , the first Earl of Bedford , who was an advisor to King Henry VIII — also executor — lived in a mansion house called ‘ Corney House ’ which was situated along that part of the river frontage at Chiswick which is still referred to as ‘ Corney Reach ’ , although the house itself was demolished in 1532 . |
| 3 | Stamford became the capital of a huge kingdom extending right across central England ( it is still referred to as the capital of the Fens ) and King Penda ( c.577–655 ) , the last pagan King of Mercia , had his palace here . |
| 4 | Accepting bills was once the principal function of those merchant banks who are still referred to as acceptance houses ( see section 3.3 ) ; it is now carried out by a large number of banks . |
| 5 | Bettino Craxi 's leadership of the Socialist Unity Party ( usually still referred to as the PSI ) , came under serious challenge in September following his verbal attacks on the Milan magistrate , Antonio Di Pietro , who was leading the inquiry into the Milan local government corruption scandal [ see pp. 39025 ] . |
| 6 | His book , whose title The Moral Basis of a Backward Society speaks volumes even on its own , is still referred to in some quarters nearly thirty years after the research as an authoritative statement on this problem . |
| 7 | Mustafa ( Bostanzade ) , later to become Multi of Istanbul , Muidzade prevailed in the argument and , according to Ata'i , his fetvas on the subject were preserved in the court registers and were still referred to in Ata'i 's own day . " |
| 8 | In response to this threat , Irokawa argues , the ruling classes moved rapidly to reinforce the conventional norms still adhered to by the vast majority of the people , but in a way which removed any spontaneous content and value . |
| 9 | the Tories are gon na introduce their alternative , but they 're still going to through this banding system , the whole objective of that is to , is to make sure that the better off people do n't pay their full whack |