Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [is] still [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every episode of Eldorado is still only watched by four million viewers . |
| 2 | None of these figures is very different from the earlier stages of weathering , and it would seem that even after more than three years of exposure to weathering , the damage and/or loss of bone is still very small . |
| 3 | Fortunately his calculations were accurate and the chemistry department at Manchester is still just about intact . |
| 4 | At the Middle English stage , the description of divergence is still very salient ( partly because the states attested in writing are unquestionably divergent states ) , but we also begin to notice attempts to launder the data retrospectively in such a way as to focus on those features that lead to modern ‘ standard ’ English and to ignore , reject or explain away those features that deviate from it . |
| 5 | The average intelligence quotient of blacks in America is still significantly below that of whites . |
| 6 | But the discrimination against spirits is still so great that it would take a further 12 Budgets before spirits are taxed on the same basis as wine and beer . |
| 7 | Business confidence in Britain is still extremely weak , but improving : pessimists exceed optimists , with a negative balance of 4% , but that compares with a negative balance of 19% in the first quarter . |
| 8 | The process of endorsing Notes and passing them on to pay for goods or services from business to business is still quite common . |
| 9 | Today , the ancient name of Douglas is still well represented in Scottish affrays by the Dukes of Hamilton and Buccleuch , Earls of Home and Morton , Marquess of Queensberry , and Lord Torphichen . |
| 10 | So the concept of retirement is still comparatively new , particularly amongst the poor . |
| 11 | But these changes aside , the rest of Blenheim is still very much as Capabilty Brown designed it — and there can be little doubting that he 'd be delighted to see his work still very much alive and admired today . |
| 12 | Work to the external elevations of GB is still largely ongoing although the front elevation is now complete . |
| 13 | The trouble and expense involved in all dealings with land is still very great in the absence of any general provision for preserving any public record of title . |
| 14 | Research on HDN in foals is still therefore wide open , and for a change there is the prospect of animals benefiting from advances made in the study of human medicine . |
| 15 | Moreover , although there is no fixed order for working through the modules and the fieldworker is expected to allow the subject 's interest in any particular set of topics to guide transition through the network from module to module , his or her role as topic-initiator is still very much in the forefront ; it is the interviewer who makes decisions about how or when topics shall be shifted or closed down . |
| 16 | And yet the feeling of departure is still here for although the love is strong in the face of illness or old age , the bearer of that love must inevitably leave the poet when he dies . |
| 17 | The economy of Cornwall is still heavily reliant on traditional industries such as fishing , farming , tourism and mining for its income . |
| 18 | The strictly geometrical pattern of dance is still very important if the musical score retains a traditional structure . |
| 19 | Yet , alongside the new ownership pattern , the arrangement of hundreds still persisted and , although there were changes in the early medieval period , the older pattern of estates is still often reflected in hundredal arrangements . |
| 20 | This could then explain why the rate of expansion is still so close to the critical rate , without having to assume that the initial rate of expansion of the universe was very carefully chosen . |
| 21 | Also , according to Recommendation 8 , " Governments concerned should make efforts to raise the age of entry into marriage in countries in which this age at marriage is still quite low . " |
| 22 | Some of this research suggests that in certain cases , for example the bauxite and aluminium industry , the global disposition of power is still very much in favour of the First World TNCs , while in other cases , for example petroleum and perhaps copper , the balance of power has shifted in recent decades , and the First World TNCs have to be content with a smaller share of the revenues . |
| 23 | The Marchioness of Blandford is still seriously ill from head injuries after a hunting accident at the weekend . |
| 24 | However , as it was impossible to know whether it was blow one or blow ten ( the maximum number permitted at the moment ) which drew the blood on Roy 's Dream , it did serve to underline that though the Jockey Club may be moving in the right direction , its pace of reform is still too slow , leaving it too open to criticism . |
| 25 | The bust of Unamuno is still there , and again it looks as if someone has attempted to defile it , perhaps in some would-be funny student jape . |
| 26 | The Crowther Committee called these categories ‘ connected ’ and ‘ unconnected ’ loans , and that shorter though more arcane form of words is still widely used . |
| 27 | The value , relevance and potential of this form of marketing is still largely open to question in the UK . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend makes an important point , and one which is especially relevant when the divergence in the performance of the economies of Europe is still so great . |
| 29 | In spite of the increases , unemployment in Grampian is still relatively low in comparison with the rest of Scotland . |
| 30 | Despite archaeological discoveries which are still being made year by year and which throw more light upon the Etruscan civilisation , knowledge of these people , their origins , their way of life is still far from complete . |