Example sentences of "still in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the days when Romanians were still in a mood to tell jokes , they used to ask a rhetorical question : how long would it take for a Soviet expeditionary force to reach Bucharest from the Soviet border ? |
| 2 | I went home sulking and was still in a mood when Frankie returned . |
| 3 | Cheaper money and a plunge in the cost of living are working their way through the system , but the Government 's finances are still in a mess and I think we could inherit a financial deficit of as much as £50bn in 1993-94 . |
| 4 | ‘ Railways still in a mess after the air raids — they were so delayed they missed the last ferry connection . |
| 5 | A Merseyside based analysist said last night : ‘ Sadly they are still in a mess , they badly need to reduce debts of approaching £1bn even though we expect to see a improvement in profitability this year . ’ |
| 6 | But when all was done he was still in a rash of perturbation . |
| 7 | Rawnsley is cheeky about Kinnock , Major and poor Ashdown , while David McKie writes , in a magisterial preface , ‘ This is still in a sense a watershed election . ’ |
| 8 | Yes , I , I think that was that was still when the I think that was still in a sense under the auspices of the old agrarian er of the of forty seven was still being given by . |
| 9 | Describing his arrival in Britain in 1959 , Honderich states that he ‘ came from a decent place to join a nation of decency … ( when ) the decency of England … was … still in a kind of ascendancy ’ . |
| 10 | It is important to realise though , that antiquarian as Tolkien 's motives often were , and ‘ pre-scientific ’ as the opinions of Galadriel and Solomon seem , what Tolkien was writing about is still in a way a live issue . |
| 11 | In any case , this mode of composition is still in a fluid state , and no textbook seems to exist which one can regard as completely authoritative . |
| 12 | But Jacklin was still in a position to make birdie , about 12 feet away . |
| 13 | To ensure that long-term , the Stafford-based company is still in a position to win business from those industries investing most in automation , it is reorganising its structure to become more market-focussed . |
| 14 | Lear is now experiencing the truth of La Rochefoucauld 's maxim that ‘ So long as a man is still in a position to help others he will rarely encounter ingratitude . ’ |
| 15 | And while , still in a fog , Fabia could only stare at him , he touched a hand to her arm and this time , instead of commanding her to ‘ sit down ’ , he quietly asked , ‘ Would you be seated ? |
| 16 | Chapman said later that Cleese , his writing partner at Cambridge and afterwards on the Frost , Marty Feldman and At Last the 1948 shows , ‘ was still in a state of shock ’ . |
| 17 | Victim Support 's trained volunteers offer an immediate response when people are still in a state of shock , giving encouragement , support and information . |
| 18 | The whole town was still in a state of shock . |
| 19 | Unlike Hobbes , Locke believes that people under an absolute authority are not really in civil society ; effectively they are still in a state of nature , for they may need to defend their rights against that authority . |
| 20 | PC Golby , still in a state of shock and incredulity , ran the few yards to the turnpike cottage . |
| 21 | Howard , still in a state of shock , stared at Newman . |
| 22 | The minds of the legislators were still in a state of confusion . |
| 23 | You will no doubt have been assisting her in basic matters connected with the running of her home while she is still in a state of shock following her husband 's death , for at this point even the most capable women sometimes find day-to-day planning and decision-making very hard to cope with and need to be eased gently back into their normal routine . |
| 24 | He deemed it unwise to push the matter while she was clearly still in a state of emotional shock . |
| 25 | ‘ She is still in a state of shock , which is not surprising , it was a terrible ordeal . ’ |
| 26 | To be honest the atmosphere was one of secret intimacy where most of the audience were still in a state of suspended disbelief that this was happening . |
| 27 | Given the size of the country and the poor communications , this was an impossibility , and by mid-August the army was still in a state of unpreparedness , with many problems unresolved . |
| 28 | The French Army was still in a state of convalescence following the mutinies , and there was the inevitable problem of mud in terrain dependent on artificial drainage . |
| 29 | She was still in a state of shock , her eyes locked on to an imaginary spot in the centre of the windscreen . |
| 30 | Those who are still in a state to require being taken care of by others must be protected against their own actions as well as against external injury . |