Example sentences of "[coord] it is still [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the capital , gigs are rarer , and it is still barely possible to earn a proper living . |
| 2 | The actual differences between the highest paid and the lowest paid have in fact changed only marginally in the past thirty years , and it is still broadly true that the richest 1 per cent of income earners enjoy a gross pay which is about four times greater than they would receive if income were to be equally distributed among the total working population . |
| 3 | ‘ Interest rates are in the driving seat for the time being and it is still too early to buy , ’ says Mr Tora . |
| 4 | The bond between mother and daughter in Russia is a very strong one and it is still very common for a family of three generations to live together . |
| 5 | We can continue to represent the normal case , which corresponds to Bolinger 's referent-qualification , by either of the types of formulae : ( 6 ) Although it is relatively easy to describe verbally the second version where the adjective qualifies the property of the noun but does not in itself qualify the entity of the noun phrase , it is not so easy to suggest a simple but appropriate diagrammatic representation for it ; we may perhaps adopt a formulation as in ( 7 ) where the arrowhead representing qualification passes through the bracket into the property which is the descriptive identification resource of the noun : ( 7 ) [ ( DISTANT ) ( COUSIN ) ] We should still speak of the adjective as attributive , since it remains part of the same entity-identification as the noun ; and it is still perfectly proper to describe it as qualifying the noun syntactically , inasmuch as it marks an extension of what would be achieved by using the noun alone . |
| 6 | In the minds of those who practice it ( and it is still quite common in scientific textbooks ) , the scientists of the past are effectively divided into heroes and villains . |
| 7 | But it is still too early to be certain , and the jury must remain out until there is sufficient evidence of a true change of heart to distinguish it from the earnest gestures of political expediency . |
| 8 | But it is still too slow to cope with the quantities needed for industrial-scale separation . |
| 9 | More is known , by comparison , about the mental health of children in care — but it is still too little and too fragmented . |
| 10 | But it is still very far . |
| 11 | But it is still only early days for the new arrangement , and both Diana and Charles are determined to make it work . |
| 12 | But it is still basically Romanesque , with its four terminal towers , polygonal ends , lateral entrance and round-headed window and doorway openings . |
| 13 | 45753 : The Shostakovich Tenth is not to be preferred to Mravinsky 's 1954 Saga recording ( reviewed on page 48 ) , but it is still sufficiently different to be of interest . |
| 14 | As an illustration , the computer market in the EC is characterised by the presence of many , very large companies , but it is still highly competitive . |