Example sentences of "[noun pl] is still " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite many investigations , the evidence for these cancer risks is still not conclusive , although it is certainly disturbing ( Vessey et al . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , dating by such methods is still rare . |
| 3 | However , the choice of rule based or corpus based methods is still contentious . |
| 4 | Er human testing and immunizations is still going gone in this are and I hope it wo n't ever stop . |
| 5 | Mr Ashwell said : ‘ Johnson Brothers is still crucial to the Group 's future and the range will continue to be made in Eagle and Imperial factories . ’ |
| 6 | It is no exaggeration to say that the task of providing classes of students with adequate and representative material to illustrate a course on the diseases of farm animals is still one of the most intractable problems veterinary colleges face today ; few have solved it satisfactorily . |
| 7 | So despite the payment reinstatement of the sacked journalists is still no nearer but some intend to keep up the pressure to get their jobs back . |
| 8 | These restrictions have been removed on the IBM 370 range , but operand alignment at appropriate addresses is still recommended for efficiency . |
| 9 | On the continent , however , mixtures are used , though how effective this is compared with single remedy prescriptions is still to be evaluated . |
| 10 | Although most polls suggest Labour 's support has remained steady at about 40 per cent for much of the campaign , while the Tories have lost ground to the Liberal Democrats , the difference between the two main parties is still within the margin of error . |
| 11 | Do you think this er really goes back to the fundamental issue which the Good Committee did n't really address which was the issue of ownership of the pension funds and assets and that whilst pensioners and to an extent employers these days regard the pension fund as deferred pay and pensions payments as deferred pay , the ownership of those funds is still left erm neither still er an argument about wh wh who owns the funds and er a lot of this follows on from that . |
| 12 | Teaching is still an important option for less privileged groups : for example , for school graduates in rural areas where there are few opportunities for professional employment and for both urban and rural women , whose range of job opportunities is still far more limited than men 's . |
| 13 | Over-capacity in some sectors is still driving down selling prices . |
| 14 | In both , there are contending forces in each direction and the final outcome for economies as a whole and for particular sectors is still in doubt . |
| 15 | But Val 's message to the High Street stores that sell computers is still important — you have a duty to your customers to provide some guidance even if this means pointing out that some of the computers you sell are very limited ! |
| 16 | At secondary school level , for example , 41 computers in a school of perhaps 1,500 pupils suggests that the exposure of individual pupils to computers is still minimal . |
| 17 | The Crowther Committee called these categories ‘ connected ’ and ‘ unconnected ’ loans , and that shorter though more arcane form of words is still widely used . |
| 18 | The resolution of these pictures is still relatively coarse and they produce only a stationary image at a single moment in time . |
| 19 | Despite the availability of hardware for the automated conversion of geographic data from paper maps to digital form ( e.g. optical scanners ) much data input to GIS is still done by hand using a digitizing table . |
| 20 | The CORINE GIS is still under development , and problems of data checking and verification will occupy a considerable amount of time before the GIS will be capable of producing reliable information . |
| 21 | One of the author 's former clients is still awaiting certificates for American stocks he bought through the crashed Sheridan Securities over two years ago , a familiar story to clients of many licensed dealers ( and many clients deal through several ) . |
| 22 | Despite rising ten-fold over the past decade , the tax on company cars is still just a fraction of the true value of the perk ( see page 27 ) . |
| 23 | The entire daily life of this city without cars is still sustained by its boats ; wherever I look , flotillas of' small craft are ploughing or plodding here and there , keeping the civic services going . |
| 24 | A star system in guide books is still common practice today . |
| 25 | The state of the art in the study of professionals in schools is still represented by the work of Hoyle ( 1975 ) who suggested the notion of professionality as a way forward from the sterile debates of whether teaching is a profession in the ‘ checklist of characteristics ’ manner . |
| 26 | The Handbook produced by the Project for use in co-operating schools is still useful for its analysis of the contributing factors , available resources and major themes and concepts , as well as including for discussion purposes an examination of what one particular school had used as a basis for its own planning . |
| 27 | Although the results of last year 's Readathon have not yet been announced — the money collected by schools is still coming in — the numbers taking part in the sponsored read are as follows : well over 2,000 schools took part , involving some 17,000 classrooms and nearly 500,000 children , who read 1.25 million books . |
| 28 | I own a 1976 6 cylinder 2.6 109 which , despite a recent ‘ head job ’ and six new exhaust valves is still rather gutless and thirsty . |
| 29 | The preparation of good quality , innovative and integrated course materials for case study and workshop sessions is still hugely demanding of staff time . |
| 30 | The pathophysiological importance of the ulcerative colitis associated perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies is still poorly understood . |