Example sentences of "[pron] is still [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we see today are mere shadows of their former selves and I shall be discussing later a number of these — Hull Fair which is now purely a funfair , the revived Masham Sheep Fair , the dying horse fairs at Lee Gap and Boroughbridge , and Yarm which is still proclaimed and has its high street occupied at one end by the showmen and the other by the gipsies . |
| 2 | One of the most far reaching developments of recent years , which is still influencing and affecting schools today , came from Education in Schools , a consultative document . |
| 3 | Helping an elderly woman to adjust and to find a new identity is never easy , but it can nearly always be achieved if she is shown that she is still loved and needed , by her family and friends . |
| 4 | Now eleven years on , she is still teased and when to her dismay she gets her first period , the girls start chanting and throwing tampons at her . |
| 5 | This is quite patriotic of the poet — Owen then goes on to say that it is quite ironic how the sun woke up the world , started life yet it can not wake up this lifeless man , who is still warmblooded and full-nerved as Owen tell us here : |
| 6 | Jean Jacques Rousseau published his theory of education , Émile , in 1762 and — although Voltaire ( Morrish , p.85 ) dismissed it as a ‘ hodge podge of silly wet nurse in four parts ’ — it is still read and still has influence today . |
| 7 | Fish is very popular and it is still preserved and smoked by traditional methods . |
| 8 | The Gansleit was built recently in a very attractive Tyrolean style ; it is still owned and managed by the Krall family and has a welcoming atmosphere . |
| 9 | And , unlike most other famous US instrument firms that were around 25 years ago , it is still owned and run by its founder . |
| 10 | And , unlike most other famous US instrument firms that were around 25 years ago , it is still owned and run by its founder . |