Example sentences of "still a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is still a superficial resemblance to the old style , especially on larger vases which often have a figure-frieze on neck and body , the rest being covered with graded bands of abstract ornament ; but this has shrunk to little more than varied groupings of zigzags , while massed zigzags among the figures of the main friezes make a shimmering ground on which the fuller , curvier silhouettes or dot-filled outlines of men , women , animals , monsters , flowers stand out . |
| 2 | This is still a crucial question because , with the end of direct colonial rule ( political imperialism ) in most of the Third World by the 1970s , the idea that imperialism was finished was widely believed . |
| 3 | But it 's still a terrible thought that a man like that should die for us . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It 's still a terrible blow to them , ’ Maggie said . |
| 5 | Oh it was funny with Alison when I first saw her on when she was still a terrible state she let it all out in a great scream and I just let her talk and talk and talk |
| 6 | The problem of moral relativity is still a burning issue both |
| 7 | Dr R. D. Bagnall replies : My student chemistry days were in fact spent at Birmingham in the 1960s , by which time Howarth had left , but there was still a thriving carbohydrate group . |
| 8 | It had declined substantially by the late thirties but was still a thriving place compared with the Baldersdale of today . |
| 9 | Air lifts were now out of the question , but trains were still a practical proposition — as Chadwick discovered when he came to deal with the Nazi official in charge of emigration . |
| 10 | For all his money he 's still a clean-cut family man . |
| 11 | Enter his wife , and Oswald Moseley still a Labour man who laid into the Tory government before 1,500 people in Shildon Hippodrome . |
| 12 | It is still a sore point with both grandparents that neither Alice nor Henry have been baptized . |
| 13 | In spite of the fact that there has been a very long tradition of work on rural land use , including the invaluable land use survey of the 1930s ( Stamp , 1962 ) , and its revival in the second survey of the 1960s and 1970s * ( Coleman et al , 1974 ) and much other detailed work from other sources ( Hart , 1980 ; Coppock , 1960a ; Best , 1981 ) as shown in Table 8. 1 , there is still a desperate need ( Hall , 1 974 , 414 ) for a ‘ national Domesday book for land use , preferably updated every 10 years at the time of the population census ’ . |
| 14 | Maybe just as well they have to , because , even when cosmic diamonds are still a rare find , we do not want the beauty of the Universe to be compromised by adventurers who are after personal gain . |
| 15 | But this is still a rare instance , Likewise , at the in-service level , very few authorities can match the well-conceived programme of courses for teachers produced over a number of years by Geoffrey Hodson and Maureen Price of I.L.E.A. But until we can sort out our muddled thinking that surrounds the subject , there is a danger that the next ‘ official ’ report will not fare any better . |
| 16 | BY the end of the summer show season there will be few in the farming world who have not seen an Irish Moiled calf , despite the fact they are still a rare breed . |
| 17 | In the Middle East especially , British power was still a decisive factor down to 1956 , however illusory its basis . |
| 18 | got a very low test statistic either in terms of kie or F right so we have n't reached but the model is still a poor model because we do n't have erm er stable parameters , right , so you would actually reject this model as it stands , alright , because it did n't pass the diagnostic test statistics but there is no point generating parameters w if they , if they are not constant and you 're gon na say elastic demand is one point four six or really it it 's ranged between minus three plus , plus six over the sample , so you put estimate means so it must have constant parameters . |
| 19 | but nevertheless its er its safety record is still a damn site better than the roads . |
| 20 | This brought a reply from Salvidge , still a convinced coalitionist : |
| 21 | Which is why Caroline likes nursing him as if he were still a lost child . |
| 22 | Despite the more stable pattern of Soviet — Latin American trade since the 1970s and its firmer organisational base , its most prominent characteristic is still a sharp imbalance in favour of the Latin American nations . |
| 23 | ‘ Clare is still a respectable girl . |
| 24 | But there is still a fantastic amount of vitality and will in the theatre . ’ |
| 25 | It 's wearin' off , but she 's still a wee bit confused . ’ |
| 26 | Still a two-tier structure , but with three rather than two basic roles . |
| 27 | Shrewsbury is still a traditional market town , so employment patterns , especially for women , are different from those to be found in urban areas . |
| 28 | There was still a dark blob , where it might have hit the wall . |
| 29 | It is interesting to note that there is still a wide variation in the time that people stay in hospital . |
| 30 | Personal liability on shares could occur whilst the company is still a going concern . |