Example sentences of "still [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notice also how he is sheeting in the sail since even at this speed the apparent wind effect still plays a part in the turn . |
| 2 | ‘ While EC and central government grant assistance still plays a part in the DPTC 's training income , it is now channelled through the user organisations to offset the full commercial rates we are charging for courses . |
| 3 | I think , however , that their use of it is still often confused and inhibited by mistaken ideas about what equality demands , and that the senseless ideal of standardisation still produces a waste of effort on this topic , as on many others . |
| 4 | It still represents a cost to the Exchequer and a loss of potential output , but it can be argued that it is not particularly distressing to the people concerned and , for the economy as a whole , it may actually result in a more efficient use of labour : this is because high short-run unemployment may be a reflection of greater mobility of labour between jobs and areas and consequently may result in the labour force being more suitably and productively employed . |
| 5 | New technology may represent a cost saving on older forms of treatment but still represents a cost push in overall terms by extending the boundaries of those who could potentially benefit . |
| 6 | To be old and unmarried still represents a cloud on a teenage girl 's horizon … |
| 7 | The model of the Bibliothèque de France still involves a building at which material is accessible , but the developments of networks mean that in the future this will no longer be necessary . |
| 8 | This image is almost entirely man-made , save perhaps for the palm-tree , yet it still evokes a sense of paradise . |
| 9 | Their batting still goes a lot deeper . |
| 10 | Their batting still goes a lot deeper . |
| 11 | This new tax still imposes a liability on the value of an individual 's estate at death , but does not apply to gifts made inter vivos ( also called lifetime gifts ) . |
| 12 | Presumably , Lloyds Bank , which Midland spurned in favour of Hongkong , is not prepared to buy in case it fails to win the bid : it still holds a stake in Standard Chartered from a similar unsuccessful venture . |
| 13 | DEC still holds a minority equity position in the company , which is staffed by ex-DEC employees , and remains a customer of its multichip modules . |
| 14 | Portillo , who has been described as tinder dry economically and the most talented right-wing politician of his generation , still holds a candle for Margaret Thatcher in the Cabinet . |
| 15 | But behind the make-up there still lies a razor sharp intellectual who has been quoted for the past several years as one of the top 100 lawyers in the US . |
| 16 | Karen went to a wedding and er somebody 's wedding and she still has a dress . |
| 17 | Some of them have not been found guilty , and albeit they have been charged with horrendous crimes they are still innocent people and it does n't matter even if they are not innocent people , the Government still has a responsibility to life and limb and really I ca n't see any case at all for not storming . |
| 18 | We know that it still has a poll tax element , that it will still need a register , and that it still does not relate to the ability to pay . |
| 19 | ‘ His game still has a way to go , which is fortunate because most players his age have grooved techniques and there is not a lot more to come . |
| 20 | But he returned to the side in last week 's UEFA Cup match with Torpedo Moscow and his performance against Brighton finally convinced Fergie that the little winger still has a part to play . |
| 21 | All the same , rumblings of discontent have been detectable around Wantage Road over the past few weeks , prompting conjecture over a parting of the ways between Northamptonshire and their prized import , even though his contract still has a year to run . |
| 22 | Marples has been given a free transfer by manager John Ward , even though he still has a year of his contract to go . |
| 23 | During this time of testing , a sufferer from alcoholism mat say that he or she can not be alcoholic because he or she does not drink in the mornings or is still in regular employment or still has a home and family or perhaps only drinks wine and beer but never spirits or only drinks at the weekends . |
| 24 | The committee agreed to write to Mr Rifkind , environment minister David Trippier , Richmond MP William Hague and former Richmond MP Sir Leon Brittan , now a European Commissioner who still has a home in Wensleydale . |
| 25 | Company 1 still has a cost margin on which to fight , and , if it chooses to do so , it could later reap the ‘ cash cow ’ benefits . |
| 26 | Britain still has a bicycle industry ; frames and complete bicycles are manufactured here , though most of the components are imported . |
| 27 | Despite the closure of their Belfast office , the RAC still has a presence in Chichester Street with their insurance services office . |
| 28 | He was once a Hunt Saboteur and still has a dent in his buttocks to prove it . |
| 29 | Mr Major won the day but he still has a problem . |
| 30 | 1981 No. 1687 ( L.20 ) ) , specifically Ord. 29 , rr. 1 , 2 , 3 , and 6 , where there has been an injunction enjoining someone to abstain from a particular act , the judge still has a discretion notwithstanding the absence of a penal notice to make an order of committal if he is satisfied that the persons who are the subject of the notice were made aware of the existence of the order . |