Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] still [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MANAGEMENT buy-outs are still a major option , even in the depths of the recession , says venture capitalist 3i . |
| 2 | However , before getting too carried away and concluding that detailed activity-based accounting may soon be outdated , and replaced by more simple machine-time analyses , it must be remembered that the extremes of CIM are still a long way off for most industries . |
| 3 | xlvii , Against Euergos ) by pirates , local rowdies or litigants seeking what is nowadays politely called a ‘ remedy by self-help ’ ; in which case the answer was to take refuge inside the fortified central pyrgos or tower , whose foundations are still a feature of the Vari site . |
| 4 | The best song here is still ‘ Are Friends Electric ’ and Icehouse are still the worst band in the world . |
| 5 | Is it to set the general atmosphere and mood as Stravinsky did for The Firebird Mysterious sounds of the wind whispering in the trees , the soaring flight of a bird and the heavy tread of an unseen foot are still a wonderful introduction to this magic tale . |
| 6 | Efficiency plateaux are still a long way from becoming a feature of Southern energy economics . |
| 7 | But actually I 'm com quite quite pleased with my body at the moment , my legs are still a bit skinny but apart from that I 'm doing okay I think ? |
| 8 | For company cars are still a bargain . |
| 9 | Some aspects are still a little scrappy — the bundled software , DOS and Windows , is n't particularly well set up and the documentation wo n't win a Pulitzer prize . |
| 10 | He does not , however , retract his proposal that the precepts of the imagist manifesto are still the best rules of thumb for ‘ the neophyte ’ , the beginner in his ‘ prentice-work ; and for what it is worth my own experience in the workshop certainly bears that out . |
| 11 | Corticosteroids are still the most effective treatment for active inflammatory bowel disease , but side effects are common and dose related . |
| 12 | While aftershaves and fragrances are still the most popular products , body sprays and shower gels are catching up . |
| 13 | Heated rollers are still a firm favourite , and Clairol Curl Control Setters , £29.95 for 20 rollers , are rubber coated to grip hair gently . |
| 14 | Anyone looking at Community legal texts can not help being struck by the large quantity of them and , although the European Communities are still a relatively youthful organization , a lot of those texts have already been amended many times over . |
| 15 | On almost the whole of the exposed parts of the western coasts of Britain both the prevalent and dominant winds are the westerlies , but on the east coast , where the prevalent winds are still the westerlies , the dominant winds are the easterlies , as the westerly winds are blowing offshore and are incapable of producing waves affecting the coast . |
| 16 | Lightweight Ethyl Vinyl Acetate ( EVA ) or harder wearing compression moulded EVA are still the favoured midsole materials . |
| 17 | Well known pastas such as spaghetti and lasagne are still the best-selling products . |
| 18 | Whilst the modelling procedures for the handling of associated spaces and attachments are still the subject of research , the principles can be outlined as follows . |
| 19 | Newcastle though have been flying all season … on top of the table since September they 've lost just one of their last ten league games … some thought they were beginning to slip … five goals against Brentford last weekend proved that Kevin Keegan 's team are still the ones to beat … |
| 20 | The rapids are still the biggest in North America , and still claim the occasional luckless victim , but 15,000 people now run the river every year . |
| 21 | The hard fact is however that such altruistic dealers are still the rarity and more often than not the innocent computer customer will come face to face with an almost equally innocent computer sales person ! |
| 22 | Standard pistol-shaped dryers are still the most popular but many come with a diffuser attachment . |
| 23 | Here , guitars are still the hip young gunslinger 's chosen medium , and a good night out means loud rock and roll and Guinness on tap . |
| 24 | This approach , putting the music first , explains why Jarvefelt 's career blossomed at Santa Fe and in Sydney and also his appeal for the New York Met : operatic naturalism and story-telling are still the predominant aesthetic in all these places . |
| 25 | The attention we pay today to every minute detail of a vintage guitar is rarely matched by the records kept at the time ; as with many other guitars , the origins of the Les Paul Custom are still a subject for debate . |
| 26 | This raised three different problems ( or opportunities , as we say in marketing ) : overall , the quality of the stores was higher than expected by people used to Allied Carpets ' promotional style ; people were not fully aware of the extent of the offer — they did not associate Allied with furniture and beds ; and , in a market where independent retailers are still the dominant factor , they had low expectations of Allied 's standards of personal service . |
| 27 | Those beautiful mission buildings are still a major feature of Texas architectural history . |
| 28 | The shame is that , while the ICC have dragged the players over the gain line , the TCCB are still a big heave short . |
| 29 | Twenty weeks — twenty months — twenty years — the questions are still the same and they have to be answered . |
| 30 | A source might not tell us all we would like to know ; a document may sometimes be biased — but these sources are still the only direct evidence we have , and the historian has to learn to use them effectively . |