Example sentences of "still [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is harder to recognize the vertebrates as a natural group , and harder still for the molluscs ( snails , clams , squids ) , because the similarity is of basic anatomy , and there are vast differences in shape and habits .
2 It is hard for parents to keep faith through lean years , and harder still for the boys , particularly if doubts and pressures filter through to them .
3 No but I think it will focus on why there are anomalies still between the offices , erm
4 ‘ What about tax ? ’ he asked , still considering the mechanics of the system .
5 In the meantime organization changes of a management kind have been put into action at Eastley , so that certain , certain changes very quickly can be made which reflect the spirit of the report for improved management but your officers and Council are still considering the items that they feel n er should be reconsidered refined and developed .
6 But the average pay was still below the police plus there was job security — there were n't a lot of jobs paying pensions then .
7 Auctioneers will still be required to buy a licensed auctioneer 's office at anything from FFr500,000 ( £51,000 ; $92,000 ) to FFr20 million ( £204,000 ; $368,000 ) , and that right will be reserved for persons but not firms , thus still excluding the likes of Sotheby 's and Christie 's .
8 Still with no instructions , by trial and error , I discovered how to do welts , Fisherman 's rib and even racking , but I still knew nothing about tension squares .
9 The great art among them was to make a pair of horses plough with no reins at all , to finish the rig , turn the horses and commence another rig — still with no reins .
10 ‘ This means that the state spent something in the region of DFl.100 million on the roughly 2000 artists covered by the scheme between 1984 and 1987 , and most of these works are still with the artists ’ estimates Blote .
11 A contact lens holder — I recognized it , Mum wears them — still with the lenses in them .
12 He said to Rain : ‘ I 'd expect her to cover up if he was still with the police . ’
13 I 'd forgotten there was a new pair in the wardrobe with , still with the labels on I had n't taken off .
14 The massive head , still with the marks at the side of the throat where the gills would have been , sighed .
15 He did not disclose the substance of the Libyan suggestions but a delegate at the meeting told Reuters : ‘ Libya 's proposals are still along the lines of its known positions , that the two could be tried only in a third country and not in the United States or Britain . ’
16 From the windows of the train , the world appeared to be emerging still from the waters of the Deluge .
17 Nothing happened for a moment , and in that moment she started to think that she 'd over-reached herself ; but then Charlie said , ‘ This is n't some charity for runaways , you know , ’ and she knew that she was still within the limits , if only just .
18 The voice first falls from a fairly high to a fairly low pitch , and then , still within the word(s) , rises to a medium pitch .
19 Within such an order , many producers became in effect specialists , yet still within the terms of a general organization beyond their specialism .
20 In a large number of cases the cover will be restricted to ‘ third party ’ only which is still within the requirements of section 145 above , at ( B ) 7 .
21 An aim of this project was therefore to use and develop ways of identifying the existence and importance of binding constraints using alternative approaches , while still within the confines of a rigorous theoretical model .
22 ‘ There will be a record of the meat he 's used , the meat still in the freezers and what he thinks should be replaced .
23 But it was a neat chaos of boxes piled on each other , cakes still in the tins they came in and hatboxes , one of which contained the last remaining ball of her long-ago childhood .
24 But he was certainly in office — probably still in the mines department — and managed to hang on afterwards .
25 But it 's still in the interests of a subadult to try to mate with any snail that passes , in the hope of getting a bargain mating .
26 Such a situation could only come about if researchers are encouraged to at least prepare for publication , if not to actually publish , papers on their research whilst they are still in the environs of the university .
27 Such a situation could only come about if researchers are encouraged to at least prepare for publication , if not to actually publish , papers on their research whilst they are still in the environs of the university .
28 You two behaved as if we were still in the sticks .
29 what he 's still in the pubs ?
30 ‘ She is still in the ladies ’ department . ’
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