Example sentences of "[is] still [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , breakfast television is still one of two areas of programming ( situation comedy is the other ) in which Britain trails America for quality . |
| 2 | In vetoing repeated efforts by the state legislature to adopt the death penalty ( it is still one vote short of a veto override ) , Mr Cuomo has taken the moral high ground — and does not seem to have lost votes by doing so . |
| 3 | Although the overall impression is still one of chaos , some of the pavilions are beautifully sculpted and show great imaginative flair . |
| 4 | It is still one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for heart complaints . |
| 5 | Over 30 years ago J H Sheldon , whose 'Social Medicine of Old Age' is still one of the most farsighted and compassionate reviews of the circumstances of older people , described old age as ‘ a quality of mind and body whose time or onset varies from individual to individual , rather than a mere quantity expressed by the term of duration applicable to all . ’ |
| 6 | Chirk Aqueduct , built in 1796–1801 to carry the Ellesmere Canal across the River Ceirog , is still one of the fine pieces of engineering work carried out by Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) – It has ten arches each of forty foot span , and the masonry structure supports a cast-iron trough carrying the canal . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Despite the statistical success of some known alignments , there is still one statistical objection to be dealt with . |
| 9 | Then there is still one desirable goal — to play Bach 's ‘ Goldberg ’ Variations . |
| 10 | The fact : driving Porsche 's twenty six year old 911 is still one of the world 's greatest driving experiences . |
| 11 | ‘ At the end of High School I got together with a drummer , who is still one of my best friends , and over the summer of ‘ 67 we got into a group situation . |
| 12 | Through the AC30 I found it possible to find some pretty convincing old Phantom sounds , ramming home to me the fact that if you can put up with the tuning hassles , a 12-string is still one of the best guitars to use for rhythm . |
| 13 | If so , the cure will be obvious ; but there is still one other possibility . |
| 14 | He is still one of the most deadly aerial players in front of goal and has formed a good combination with Robert Fleck . |
| 15 | The resort is the U.S. Navy 's Pacific base but its harbour is still one of the most beautiful in the world . |
| 16 | The second Belly EP and their anatomy is still one heaven of a mystery . |
| 17 | Though the office is bursting with images there is still one final opportunity to send in related work from this issue , so why not hurry and post yours today ! |
| 18 | But this has only been at the ‘ official ’ level ; as Sykes ( 1958 ) and many subsequent studies have shown , loss of a sense of physical security is still one of the major ‘ pains of imprisonment ’ as perceived by inmates . |
| 19 | It was specially commissioned from Tiffany and Co. of New York and is almost certainly the work of their pre-eminent designer of the period , Paulding Farnham , creator of the gold , crystal and gem-set vase , known as the Adams vase , which is still one of the Metropolitan Museum of New York 's most popular permanent exhibits . |
| 20 | Her cookery book is still one of the two main sources of authentic Scottish recipes . |
| 21 | Within English itself there was already some awareness of the need to ensure that the discipline could touch the student of science : " The student of the physical and social sciences is not a disembodied intelligence , and he too can gain much from that purifying of the emotions which is still one of the most valuable gifts of the literary artist to posterity . |
| 22 | It has shrunk a little since it first started there , perhaps in the tenth century , but it is still one of the largest open-air markets in the country . |
| 23 | There is still one question we have to ask , Will the magnetic flux density inside the material B0 be the same as Br the value before the gap was cut ? |
| 24 | The traditional design has only a front cutting edge and is still one of the best tools to use between rows of tiny seedlings . |
| 25 | Most people do not make their position explicit , partly at least because this is still one of the many questions to which we have uncertain answers . |
| 26 | It is still one of the great passions of the Old Delhi-wallahs , and one of the many habits which distinguishes them from their Punjabi neighbours in the New City . |
| 27 | It is still one of the company 's best known products . |
| 28 | Tragically , as my hon. Friends have said , the image that is portrayed is still one of the smoker being chic or macho . |
| 29 | ‘ He seems to keep his best golf for the ‘ big ones ’ , and is still one of the toughest competitors in the game . |
| 30 | Although we certainly do not wish to get diverted into a consideration of the nominal patterns of English , we may mention that even in a case like : ( 6 ) Claudia is a bus-driver we have no doubt that the relation is still one of equation . |