Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] were still " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few fragments of carrot were still lying about near the spring , but he had left these untouched and was eating the grass not far from the gnarled crabapple tree . |
| 2 | Some of her ideas about sex and marriage seemed old-fashioned compared with various loudly expressed opinions she had heard from other nurses , and her steps towards the lighter side of life were still very tentative , as Deana 's blunt accusations last week had shown her . |
| 3 | The tiny islands of Quemoy and Matsu just off the coast of China were still in the possession of the Chinese Nationalists . |
| 4 | For Franco , its acceptance by acclamation was proof that the enemies of Spain were still active and it was therefore necessary to keep a constant vigil , lest their conspiracy to destroy Spain should succeed . |
| 5 | The majority of branches were still in existence , though without any co-ordinating machinery . |
| 6 | When age was introduced as a concomitant variable , the differences in absorption of PEGs were still significant ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 7 | These patterns of life were still widespread at the start of the 20th century ; a few pursue it today , but under the influences of civilization , most have settled and traded at least part of their culture for southern ways . |
| 8 | After the first thirty years of operation of the NHS , however , there had been disappointingly little change ; in 1976 , the Court Report noted that the variations in regional provision of service were still much the same as they had been in 1948 when the NHS began . |
| 9 | Registrations for the degree of PhD were still to be through the CNAA . |
| 10 | Though most of the negotiations of 1558 – 59 which culminated in the peace of Cateau-Cambrésis were still conducted in Latin it is clear that French was also extensively used . |
| 11 | In this sense , all the diverse myths of classical tragedy are equally Dionysiac , and the same applies to the tragic heroes : for a long time , Dionysus had been the only character represented in the early drama , its only hero , and , until Euripides , all the different suffering heroes of tragedy were still " mere masks of this original hero " . |
| 12 | The promises of God were still on course . |
| 13 | These writers , like the theorists whom they criticized , started from the assumption that the governments of Europe were still in a ‘ state of nature ’ and that some means must be found of restraining their innate propensity to attack and injure one another . |
| 14 | That policy appears to be paying off in as much the national survey run at the beginning of last year showed some seventy two percent of businesses were still there after eighteen months . |
| 15 | Small but dangerously exciting trickles of pleasure were still winging their way through her virtually defenceless body . |
| 16 | And the sounds of Hell were still there . |
| 17 | Arguments of this kind normally started from the assumption that the powers of Europe were still in a ‘ state of nature ’ with respect to each other and that each of them was engaged , consciously or not , in a ceaseless struggle to increase its influence at the expense of its neighbours . |
| 18 | They retired from active officership in 1957 but it is hard to imagine either of them not being still fully involved in whatever spheres of service were still open to them , including the all important regular letters to Eva . |
| 19 | The same medical technology which improved life expectancy and permitted the surgical replacement of defective organs also obstructed the process of natural selection , so that heightened abilities and levels of perception were still uncommon among ordinary men . |
| 20 | In Japan sales of cars were still depressed and fell by a further 8.5% . |
| 21 | The two members of staff were still debating the issue of whether he should be bathed and shaved , whether he liked it or not , when I left . |
| 22 | The towering cliffs of Gibraltar were still all too clearly visible . |
| 23 | The cliffs of Sampanena were still in sight , but the required auspicious departure had been made . |
| 24 | Tremors of horror were still racking me . |
| 25 | Millions and millions of bits of information were still in her head , correctly labelled and neatly stored , but she could not work out the geography of this house , she was seeing green tigers and she was afraid in a way she had not been since childhood . |
| 26 | There may just have been some hope of effecting change through organization , especially when the numbers of women were still low ( about 300 at the end of the 18805 ) , though the means chosen were not welcomed by the rank and file of the men 's union . |
| 27 | Such was not apparently the view of the bulk of the membership however , and the chance was lost to try an experiment in creating greater unity while the numbers of women were still comparatively low . |
| 28 | It is also true that there were moments , like the 1720s , the 1780s and to a lesser extent the 1750s , when their establishment was especially noticeable , but even where they existed , large numbers of claimants were still relieved at home . |
| 29 | He also said that all the directors of the Bank of Edinburgh were still in place . |
| 30 | In BR , Robbins ( 1986 ) found that vacancies for the entry grade to the train drivers ' ( ‘ footplate ’ ) line of promotion were still advertised only through internal channels . |