Example sentences of "[verb] still exist " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below the farm at Penbank , marked with a sign like that of a public house , the Fairies Hill Lock Cut still exists on the right , formerly taking in Altofts Basin and Fairies Hill Lock . |
| 2 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 3 | Love and trust still exist , but because the emotional machinery that registers them has gone wrong , we do not feel as we used to . |
| 4 | There are , of course , an increasing number of exceptions but concerns still exist about the time involvement of clinicians and whether it represents the most valuable use of their time . |
| 5 | Indeed what we are now seeing in some cases as ‘ the genuine article ’ are quality brewery refurbishments dating from the 1920s and 1930s , good Brewers ‘ Tudor , maybe , but hardly the stuff of the ancient , inglenooky world that the modern myth-makers — the brewers and the tourism industry — would have us believe still exists . |
| 6 | At the time of writing , doubt still exists over two important issues relating to Japanese cars . |
| 7 | Failure to recognize and to allow for this may explain why , even after nine years of Thatcherite ‘ political clout ’ , doubt still exists about the extent of real cultural change within Whitehall and whether ‘ lasting reforms ’ have , or ever will be , achieved . |
| 8 | Or , to get at it another way , here is a miscellaneous list from my own notebook of possible motives for murder : financial gain , self-protection , to preserve status , fear , to protect a loved one , for a principle , for revenge ( but remember credibility here : only in some societies is revenge stoked up enough to lead to killing ) , the drive to power , compensation for past humiliation , removing a bar to sexual happiness ( bother the permissive society , but impediments do still exist ) , jealousy , the desire to cock a giant snook at the whole world . |
| 9 | The aristocracy — ie. titled landowners — do still exist and have been joined by the very wealthy ( through ownership or investment ) : it has been reckoned that this 1% of adult population owns one-quarter of all the wealth in Britain . |
| 10 | Because of this , the system is rarely used now , but it does still exist in some older houses . |
| 11 | As this chapter will go on to show , a small economically dominant class undoubtedly does still exist in Western societies . |
| 12 | How far the distinction does still exist , and how far it should do so , will be considered below . |
| 13 | What does still exist — apart from the ecclesiastical Byzantine heritage , notably the great church of S. Sophia ( pages 104–6 ) , are major military and engineering structures so typical of all Roman cities . |
| 14 | There was once a rockery-keeper living in this cottage on the estate — it was his full-time job to take care of the rockery which was above the cascade created by Capability Brown , which does still exist . |