Example sentences of "but [was/were] still " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this one can infer that it belongs chronologically to that transition period in Spanish ceramics when the displaced potters of Malaga had set up afresh in Valencia but were still using the traditional designs of Andalusia in their new environment . |
| 2 | The ladies had removed their hats but were still constricted by their fashionable jackets and long skirts . |
| 3 | The men had taken off their stiff collars , but were still uncomfortable in waistcoats and tight trousers and big boots . |
| 4 | By the twentieth century they were mainly in Tyrone , Armagh and Sligo but were still not classifiable as a breed : they were simply polled Irish cattle . |
| 5 | Later the home computers entered the market and software prices lowered but were still high . |
| 6 | The officers then climbed on to a porch and smashed the windows but were still unable to reach the victims . |
| 7 | The Eagles are finding it difficult to take off but were still compared with a high-flying elite — the SAS . |
| 8 | The rents were raised , to general dissatisfaction , but were still inadequate to cover the maintenance costs of a poorly constructed building and there were the usual acrimonious disputes between the tenants and the landlords . |
| 9 | When the Dark Elves first split from the rest of Ulthuan many from their own lands did not join them but were still caught in the terrible war that followed , culminating in the destruction of their land by the magics unleashed by the Dark Elf sorcerers . |
| 10 | When the Dark Elves first split from the rest of Ulthuan many from their own lands did not join them but were still caught in the terrible war that followed , culminating in the destruction of their land by the magic unleashed by Dark Elf sorcerers . |
| 11 | Corporate bankruptcies in Japan fell for the second month , but were still up 7.5% in the first four months of 1993 . |
| 12 | It says the two market leaders ADW , developed by KnowledgeWare Inc — but marketed by Ernst & Young in Europe — and Softlab GmbH 's Maestro , failed to show any growth at all during 1991 but were still able to maintain their top positions . |
| 13 | I mean , a lot , I can say with on the youths , I think were doing , were , were , were walking with young people at the local levels of various places in the town you know , we 've got , we have n't got as many resources as we want yet , but were still trying to do that , well I actually feel , on youth we 're doing quite a good job you know , expensive job you know , that we are , and , and all that concerns you raise , were certainly aware of . |
| 14 | The mothers appeared to be less particular , but were still Susceptible to the argument that skin care is a special and personal problem . |
| 15 | But were still called water boards by the press and by people in general . |
| 16 | The crowd was on the point of becoming a lynch mob , but were still linked in a human chain . |
| 17 | A spokesman for the IAEA said on May 23 that stocks of enriched uranium had survived the Gulf war virtually intact , but were still recoverable . |
| 18 | The prices for oil and gas sold to Russian enterprises had been increased sixfold from May 18 , but were still controlled . |
| 19 | Prices had already been raised sharply in May but were still well below world levels . |
| 20 | The three young men had moved back some twenty or thirty feet , but were still watching Jessica . |
| 21 | ( 3 ) Oesophageal sensitivity to acid was preserved in patients with impaired peristalsis and oesophagitis. ( 4 ) Reflux symptoms lasted longer in patients with prolonged oesophageal acid exposure but were still reported for a small fraction of the total acid exposure time . |
| 22 | Its economic , political and social definitions differed somewhat , but were still sufficiently close to each other to cause relatively little difficulty . |
| 23 | Kenny told me he trained this morning , but was still feeling the injury , and that there was no point in him coming . |
| 24 | Opening it up Charles found a telephone inside , but was still none the wiser . |
| 25 | That was the lowest rate of increase since March 1971 , but was still faster than the growth in money supply . |
| 26 | Mr Tarrant — kindly portrayed in The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans as Mr Stodham — later introduced Edward to Mr Noble ( the father of his future wife ) who was slowly dying of a malignant , tubercular throat disease but was still actively engaged as ‘ Paul Pelican ’ , an influential journalist and critic . |
| 27 | Within the shortest space of time , they were walking into the lounge of an hotel that had seen better days but was still surprisingly well patronised ; by a variety of habitués , mostly male , and all , whether uniformed or civilian , contriving to give the place an air of distinction . |
| 28 | Anyway , Des looked stunning as ever tonight , handled by former army pal Dave Forster , but was still a little , um , unpredictable . |
| 29 | The Italian managed to improve his Friday time to 1min 16.894sec , but was still left 1.1sec adrift of Mansell 's record pole lap of 1–15.703 on the 2.687-mile track at an average speed of 127.799mph . |
| 30 | The total value of cross-border deals in the first three months of this year at $13.3 billion was 45 p.c. up on the corresponding period a year ago but was still well below the 1989 peak when the quarterly average reached $32.6 billion . |