Example sentences of "[conj] they are still " in BNC.

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1 It was in this role that he removed the relics of the Three Wise Men from Milan , and placed them in Cologne Cathedral , where they are still found to this day .
2 Women working in the media in Poland are preparing to assert their right to full participation in their profession , as well as in their churches , where they are still excluded from the decision-making processes .
3 It would seem that on the northwest side , where they are still sought , the marshy area of ground formed a natural limit to their position .
4 Where they are still organized separately from social services , education welfare officers can sum up an area 's state of mind as well as help — or question — individual families , at least up to the time when centralized social work services are cut back .
5 If you want to get the boss 's ear it may mean excluding other people from the conversation , although they are still present .
6 In the second phase they tend to be more regional , although they are still dispersed over considerable distances , up to 200 km apart .
7 We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity .
8 Their recruitment policy has worked very well for them and they are by far the largest outside America , although they are still having great difficulty establishing themselves in the USA .
9 The modem newspaper horoscope has largely taken over from dream-books , although they are still published , and still draw largely on the works of Artemidorus ( or claim to ) .
10 In his view the crowding of " the destitute classes " into the cities had made " their existence thereby more conspicuous and dangerous " , particularly since they they " already form a substantial part of population , and possess even now , although they are still ignorant of their full power , great political importance " .
11 On the other hand , these ‘ core ’ support blocs have never been sufficient to ensure either party a parliamentary majority , and although they are still important they have been increasingly eroded at the margin , in part because of the changes in the division of labour which have loosened the hold of the ‘ two-class system ’ within popular ideology .
12 Although long-lasting and generally reliable , their musical shortcomings were obvious and none have been manufactured since 1980 , although they are still in use in a few churches .
13 If we find that when we have stopped it , either things are just as bad ( which is improbable ) or that they are still fairly bad , then indeed it will be easier , scientifically easier , to detect any other causes which may be at work . ’
14 I take it that they are still undisturbed . ’
15 Everyone planning to start a baby should check with their doctor that they are still protected against German Measles .
16 It is a tribute to the Boots system that they are still by far the most common ex-library books .
17 The greatest importance of the Oklo reactors is that they are still there — after almost 2000 million years we can still find the fission products and demonstrate what happened .
18 They are ongoing in that they are still at an early stage and in that the process of applying them right across the whole of the NHS will take several years-probably up to the end of the century .
19 There are others — the IRA , the world financial markets , the EC , Helmut Kohl and , not to be forgotten , Saddam Hussein — who will be sure to remind us that they are still there .
20 This indicates that they are still alive :
21 Their family fears that they may have been tortured to death or extrajudicially executed , or that they are still being held in incommunicado detention .
22 The fact that they are still in care at 16 , 17 and 18 years old is likely to be evidence of no viable alternatives .
23 A study of 79 London mothers aged 16–19 in late pregnancy confirmed that they are still usually of working class status with few or no qualifications and little chance of career-type employment .
24 The fact that they are still here when our local birds are already displaying over their territories reinforces this , because the Arctic spring is still a couple of months away .
25 Practitioners who initially took a stance against involvement in purchasing because of their concerns over fundholding leading to a two tier system need to be persuaded that they are still needed in influencing purchasing decisions overall .
26 They plan to introduce a system of on-going evaluation of their broadcasts by interviewing listeners to ensure that they are still giving their public what they want .
27 Let us hope then that England produce a performance of such mind-bending awfulness in order to succumb to this dodgy outfit , who probably ca n't believe that they are still in with a shout , and may thus fool themselves into believing that this is their year … at least until they hear the result from Turkey .
28 intended to stay , because the immediate reaction to something like that happening is n't necessarily erm , all bad , I mean people are quite glad that they are still alive and they 're quite prepared to put up with the possible fallout of the consequences of that so that they can stay in their own homes .
29 Soon they resemble a small adult eel , except that they are still transparent .
30 The human spirit is trundled on to reassure them that they are still party to the heroic , which cynical people might think has departed the suburbs some time ago .
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