Example sentences of "still [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought that he could defined the , the simplest concepts to which Peano claimed to reduce arithmetical ideas , to classes and relations between classes , and even perhaps in terms of something still simpler , quite purely in logical conceptions like that of implication . |
| 2 | Although the Falklands improved her standing , the approval ratings over her premiership are still lower than those for leaders in the 1950s and early 1960s . |
| 3 | Some fear this may have harmed the LME 's reputation , and could drive prices , which have fallen by 50% in two years , still lower . |
| 4 | Now both of those threats are removed , with the added probability of interest rates falling and the promise of still lower tax rates . |
| 5 | And Breeze 's heart sank still lower as she reflected that if they were really penniless , an artistic career with its inevitable ups and downs would be quite out of the question . |
| 6 | It was still lower than the same period last year . |
| 7 | For example , we would expect to find a very high proportion of cognate words in British and American English but a much lower percentage if we compare English and German and still lower if we compare English and Russian . |
| 8 | Hence a major factor predisposing urban and rural families to poverty was the low pay of men and the still lower pay of women , whilst they were in regular work . |
| 9 | Estonians , for instance , 90 per cent of the population of their republic in 1940 , had slipped to 62 per cent by the late 1980s , and to still lower levels in the towns . |
| 10 | It was also possible to argue that the size of armies must be limited by the capacity of society to maintain them : Montesquieu believed that a ruler could hardly afford to have more than one per cent of his subjects under arms simultaneously , and other writers put the proportion still lower . |
| 11 | Marketing margins in the USA showed some signs of recovery but are still lower than they were in the late 1980s . |
| 12 | The same spectrum of peptides was also found in extracts of normal colon mucosa but in still lower concentrations . |
| 13 | When Achilles reaches that point , the tortoise will be at a still farther point , and so on ad infinitum . |
| 14 | Kapuscinski is soon in a still hairier place , further south , where he is told of the South African intervention . |
| 15 | British Coal has made enormous progress in increasing productivity since the end of the 1985 strike — but there is still further to go . |
| 16 | This was consistent with the DHSS requesting still further studies to be done to clarify the situation . |
| 17 | Most of the plan managers wo n't let their investors do any such thing without still further charges levied on top . |
| 18 | The king continued to send messengers and letters to Rome , with the purpose , as Anselm soon perceived , of ensuring still further delay . |
| 19 | It aims to sell still further assets . |
| 20 | More recently formed Labrador Sea Water , with even lower temperature and salinity , should cool and freshen the North Atlantic still further as it circulates around the ocean in the coming decade . |
| 21 | The White Hart Lane power battle took a new twist when Venables ' associate Edward Ashby was sacked from his consultant post , a move which appears to weaken Venables position still further as he fights chairman Alan Sugar to retain his £200,000 a year job . |
| 22 | Weighting the footrest still further increases grip by counteracting the tyre 's tendency to sideslip and crucially helps move the machine upright where the tyre contact patch is larger , offering improved grip and predictability . |
| 23 | Studies since Gorer 's indicate a still further increase . |
| 24 | The FE market was large and growing , and the recent Budget had allowed still further provision to expand it in line with government policy to increase student numbers by 25% over the next three academic years , Mr Whitnall said . |
| 25 | At the beginning it appeared as if those who wanted to flog Europe for being an inadequate political animal were going to win , that political union had been put off still further … |
| 26 | When SBUs reach the last phase of their life-cycle ( irrespective of whether a cost-leadership or differentiated-product strategy is being employed ) , there are still further options available which will need to be understood by the accountant in order to ensure that all options are considered and relevant financial profiles selected . |
| 27 | Still further varieties and contrasts of tone are available by such mechanical means as the mute ( sordino ) , plucking , ( pizzicato ) , instead of bowing , the strings , ponticello tremolo in which a most eerie effect is produced by bowing the strings nearer to the bridge than the normal position , col legno in which the strings are struck with the back of the bow , giving a sound like the rattle of dry sticks , glissando , much used these days , etc . |
| 28 | With further anticipated rises in the PSBR for the early and mid-1990s , the government sought in late 1992 to introduce still further constraints on the rise in public spending . |
| 29 | Any change in public deposits must be matched by an equal and opposite change in bankers ' deposits , from which still further consequences may follow . |
| 30 | Does he agree that the use of greater marketing expertise could open up still further opportunities for British exporters ? |