Example sentences of "do still " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must do still more , and we shall . |
| 2 | In the 1990s we must do still more to introduce choice and competition on the one hand , and to reward care and commitment on the other . |
| 3 | We hope that there will be peace soon so that we can do still more effective work . |
| 4 | Because of this fundamental difference it is difficult to know whether we can rely on information about contemporaries to tell us about prehistoric peoples in the way that is often done still today and was done universally in Marx 's and Engels 's time . |
| 5 | Yet should it have done still more ? |
| 6 | Every time the Government does a bit and waits to see if it works , by the time it finds out that it has n't done , it needs to do still more . |
| 7 | As Disraeli had already made clear in Coningsby , it was possible to do still better : to build a new great house from a great fortune , in order to recreate the historic role of the paternalistic landowner . |
| 8 | Cos I says what you doing still working here , you know , that 's what we 'd just been on about |
| 9 | Much of this could be as plausibly argued today as thirty or more years ago : the extraordinary achievement of the public relations advisers who replaced the ‘ ludicrous courtiers ’ has been to ensure that the royal family do still have it both ways . |
| 10 | I do still have to pinch myself every now and again to convince myself it is really happening … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do still pinch myself from time to time to convince myself it is really happening . ’ |
| 12 | This week , each will be hoping to move up a gear for the first of the year 's major championships , even if Augusta do still insist on calling it a tournament . |
| 13 | The great stations stand , if they do still stand , as towering monuments to that belief , public meeting-places where faith in the perfectibility of man by his own ingenuity and the blessing of a divine providence was daily affirmed . |
| 14 | But most do still read reviews , usually as a form of long-stop to make sure they have not missed important titles on their initial selection , or to buy extra copies of titles which have been particularly well received . |
| 15 | That 's not to suggest there are any major defects with the shoe , merely that some of the vestiges of the past , which turned many runners off the brand , do still remain . |
| 16 | At Asda a spokesman said : ‘ One or two stores do still have Tracy Island but I dare not say where in case I start a stampede . ’ |
| 17 | However , I do still have a squashed , rather brown and mildewy rose pressed between the pages of a book somewhere , so I suppose that could be classed as my first attempt ! |
| 18 | The five of us do still treat it like a joke , like a laugh . |
| 19 | But , confessing to the odd moment of scruffiness , he pointed out : ‘ I have to admit that I do still like the comfort of shorts and a T-shirt . ’ |
| 20 | But failures do still occur . |
| 21 | But there is no doubt that many of his generation did and do still appeal to the heroic myth . |
| 22 | Some urban families do still look back to their rural roots ; while they may never have lived in the areas from which their ancestors originally came , they may make regular visits to the furusato and bring up their children to do likewise . |
| 23 | We do still have a few such courses and they work quite well . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ You do still want fellatio ? ’ |
| 26 | Nonetheless , you do still have some vanity , do n't you ? |
| 27 | ‘ You know , I sometimes wonder whether you do still really and truly love me . ’ |
| 28 | And they do still have involvement . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It should be noted , however , that a few papers do still contain real rag content , as is explained in the table . |