Example sentences of "it still [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The continued argument about transport development shows how important a part it still plays in the economy of the US .
2 He had big banks of lights and speakers on either side of his console with some lower-level relays here in the ballroom ; he 'd been running some smoke and dry ice earlier , and some of it still hung in the air and gave the lighted area beyond the doorways the effect of some offworld film set .
3 And it still fits , it still fits over the hump .
4 Even if they followed an older , slightly more direct road , it still amounted to a total of about thirty-three miles .
5 But of course , even if the Horton does decide to go self-governing , it still depends on the government to give the go ahead ?
6 Dad steadied the bottom of the ladder but it still swung about a bit which really frightened me .
7 But it still falls into the category of advice no matter how sound it may be .
8 The House of Lords held that it still belonged to the timber firm .
9 exactly , so if it still happens in the future we have n't moved full forward have we ?
10 Out of duty she had caved in , but it still went against the grain .
11 Although she understood why he wanted her to bend the truth , it still went against the grain .
12 Although I 'd rung on the Thursday and they said his kidneys were failing , it still came as a shock when they rang on the Saturday at 9.30 in the morning to say he 'd died .
13 In her heart , Tallis had known that Scathach would not wait for her , but it still came as a shock to find that he had betrayed his word to her .
14 But it still came as a surprise when she angrily pushed away the unfinished lasagne and stared at him directly .
15 Her theory had been proved , yet it still seemed like a fairy story .
16 Even after six months , it still felt like a mistake .
17 With these riches of computer power at their fingertips , it still rankles with the quantum fraternity that the molecules which they can accurately subject to quantum description remain at only 2–20 electron systems .
18 I think it still belongs to the Duke of Devonshire because he was interviewed at the end was n't he ?
19 It still appears in the directory as Read Only but I ca n't read it , copy or delete it .
20 To suggest that the struggle was not between science and religion but over cultural leadership may expel the conflict through the front door , but it still returns through the back .
21 Starting in your computer room , you can enter separate ‘ zones ’ at will using a Star Trekstyle transporter ( I wonder why it still works with the electricity off ? ) .
22 Does it still look like a runway to you then ?
23 And ten years after the kiosk starred in Bill Forsyth 's film Local Hero it still acts like a magnet for hundreds of fans drawn to the Buchan village of Pennan .
24 It still looks like a foot , but a very nice foot really .
25 It may not actually lie in the water , but it still lies within the boundary of the lateral water hazard .
26 In 1982 the total stock of that investment in Africa was estimated at about $13 billion , with over half of it still concentrated in the production and export of primary commodities .
27 And erm with these you changed them both into sixths did n't you could have changed them both into twelfths and it would have work but then we 'll get an answer that needs we would have got sixth twelfths well it still comes to a half .
28 Homophobia is always a handy excuse for not buying records , but it still reeks of the subhuman .
29 HERE IN THE STORE is where you should feel a little scared , except it still seems like a game , and the hardware lining the walls , to the uninitiated , still like toys .
30 Built of stone rubble faced with ashlar ( stone dressed to a smooth finish ) and Roman tiles , the original polygonal tower may have been 80 feet high , but it had fallen into ruin by medieval times and was partly rebuilt , probably in the reign of Henry V. It still stands to a height of 40 feet , however , and we can see the original windows which were tiny on the outside walls to prevent draughts interfering with the flames of the beacon at the top .
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