Example sentences of "[pron] [is] still " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought she was never going to stop until I heard a woman say , ‘ I see 'er 's still showin' off . ’ |
| 2 | If yours is still being mended , borrow your neighbour 's mower and cut the lawn . |
| 3 | Perhaps someone 's still there , or she 's tucking Darius up in bed . |
| 4 | ‘ Thank God someone is still prepared to make a moral stand like this ! ’ |
| 5 | Suppose 'e 's still here ? |
| 6 | Danny as well if 'e 's still livin' wiv yer . ’ |
| 7 | For he had revealed one of the eternally popular effects of nature , one which is still quoted by simple people as a standard of visual beauty . |
| 8 | For the popular protestant version , one which is still shared probably by a majority of clergymen within the protestant denominations of the North , the church re-emerges after centuries of misguidance only with the Reformation . |
| 9 | Not the whiteness of the whale , which is still something , but the emptiness of the glass , which is nothing . |
| 10 | More than two thirds of that colossal amount was devoted to lager , which is still a minority brand in Britain . |
| 11 | As Neil Richardson noted in 1980 , ‘ An old town pub is not just an attractive Victorian or Georgian facade , it is a building which is still being used for the purpose for which it was built . |
| 12 | Looked at from Scotland , it is sadly tied up with Thatcherism , which , we hope , is something that will pass , since it goes against a better , more basic feeling which is still there . |
| 13 | She helped in the family café at the Sussex seaside resort of Littlehampton , which is still the base for her worldwide empire of retailing outlets . |
| 14 | It is a point of view which is still prevalent . |
| 15 | There is therefore very much in Engels 's discussion of existing political organization which is still acceptable ; however , recent anthropological work makes it clear that if something like the notion of the gentile constitution is to be retained , the concept would have to be broadened to include a much greater variety of such systems than was , or could have been , envisaged by the founders of Marxism . |
| 16 | They were remarkable figures then , but almost 25 years on we beat them fairly handsomely , in a car which , although in a pretty healthy stage of tune ( probably around 350bhp ) , has nothing that any Cobra owner could n't have bought over the counter , and which is still perfectly useable on the road in small doses . |
| 17 | The Prince was more than keen to help ; as a result of that approach he convened a meeting , known as the Windsor Conference , which is still widely regarded as one of the most significant advances ever made in race relations . |
| 18 | The condition of the liver transplant patient Mrs Aisling Barnett has improved since she was given a Japanese drug , which is still undergoing clinical trials , to stop her body rejecting her new liver . |
| 19 | Remy , which lost out to Martini last year in a bid for Benedictine , is the world 's third largest cognac firm and the only one which is still family owned . |
| 20 | The bill , expected to become law before Easter , contains virtually no details of the proposed scheme , which is still being worked out in negotiations with financial institutions . |
| 21 | This code , which is still adhered to , specifies that roofs must be made of slate , all woodwork must be white , and walls must be built in local stone or rendered white ; it also specifies that houses must be a certain distance apart . |
| 22 | Microsoft has set up Windows as a rival to a component of OS/2 called Presentation Manager , which is still backed by IBM . |
| 23 | It reflects a despising of ‘ primitive ’ peoples which is still all too familiar to us . |
| 24 | Hence the stalemate between the two camps , the Deterrers and the Disarmers , which is still the position . |
| 25 | Then too , there is no such thing as Soviet culture , whereas with the British Empire there was English culture , which is still a feature in many of your former colonies , together with the language . |
| 26 | When built in 1938 it was The Ridges , which is still what they call it locally — a slum clearance project on the north bank of the Tyne , 10 miles east of Newcastle . |
| 27 | It is a complicated saga which is still unravelling , with the former parent company , Alan Paul , now in liquidation . |
| 28 | Miss Azovtseva also denied that the escaped whales — one of which is still in the Mediterranean — had been taken to Sevastopol from the Pacific coast for military research . |
| 29 | A WHITE daffodil with a long cup , which is still awaiting a name and which was raised by Mr Clive Postle , has won the prize for best bloom at this week 's Westminster Flower Show of the Royal Horticultural Society . |
| 30 | HARSH new cigarette packaging regulations have stunned Australia 's tobacco industry , which is still reeling from a total ban on tobacco sponsorship of sport and on all forms of advertising except at the point of sale from July next year . |