Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] still [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Ayer then tells the theist that he or she is still unable to make meaningful theological statements , then it can not surely be on the basis of the verification principle , the principle by which he claims to distinguish meaningful from meaningless statements . |
| 2 | Use this where your employee has not entitlement to SSP or where that entitlement has run out but he or she is still sick . |
| 3 | In the context of user education in schools , however , where there is still some substantial funding and many of the projects have yet to be finally and fully reported , the impact will probably be somewhat different ; although because of the slowness of the dissemination process it is too early to say how much and in what way . |
| 4 | ‘ For capital growth , I 'd invest mainly in smaller companies funds , with a bit in US smaller companies where there is still some scope , possibly through the Perpetual US Smaller Companies trust . |
| 5 | The pressure of population caused much less concern in the Welsh Border counties where there was still sufficient land available to allow poor immigrants to erect cottages on the wastes and to claim common rights to go with the few acres that they had cleared from the woods or the moors . |
| 6 | She climbed to the highest bench , where there was still some room . |
| 7 | There was little likelihood of Denmark being able to regain control over the Danish populations lost to Germany in 1864 , nor of Sweden regaining Finland , a Russian province , where there were still large numbers of Swedes . |
| 8 | Either they want to conceal the real cause of death or they 're still alive . ’ |
| 9 | Although I am still nervous at the thought of doing a talk in front of strangers , once I get going I enjoy every minute of it . |
| 10 | Although I was still young , important people came to me for advice . |
| 11 | Although I was still interested in English , I found both Latin and Greek increasingly tedious : they were my father 's choice for me , not mine . |
| 12 | I think they went off us after that although I 'm still friendly with Morrissey . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Your Grace must consider , ’ said the girl , lowering her eyes , ‘ that I am still young . |
| 14 | As there is already a stop in approximately the location you describe I regret that I am still unclear as to what your request comprises . |
| 15 | The only difference between what Daniel had to endure and what my children have endured is that I am still alive and have plucked up the courage to divorce my husband . |
| 16 | In the evening I went out to a club , stayed up all night , was late for work the next morning , got sacked and ever since then the rest of the staff have been kind enough to pretend that I 'm still one of them . |
| 17 | Assuming , of course , that I 'm still alive . |
| 18 | I want food , wine , proof that I 'm still alive . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , I hope he thinks that I 'm still beautiful ! ’ she thought . |
| 20 | ‘ I pulled my head up , feeling confused but amazed that I was still alive because when I saw the lorry coming towards me I honestly thought I had had it . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose that I was still naive and intoxicated by the candyfloss world that racing can seem to be . ’ |
| 22 | I put in an appearance at Ingard House to show that I was still busy about the audit , and had a word with Henniker . |
| 23 | I had a Morris 10 which went like a bird , and I thereupon conceived the wild idea of rescuing Eliot from London if the danger should seem acute — and assuming that I were still available — and settling him , however temporarily , in the village . |
| 24 | Nobody exactly dominated England 's middle order , so I 'm still confident he 'll be on the plane to India , and I would like to think that Nick Speak , Graham Lloyd and Peter Martin will be on the ‘ A ’ tour . |
| 25 | And , although she was still eager to learn from her , Constance needed more . |
| 26 | ‘ I just need to see her , confirm that she 's still alive . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ That may prove I 've been married , but it does n't prove that she 's still alive . ’ |
| 28 | It 's second nature to her to check that she 's still attractive to men with every one of them she meets . |
| 29 | Paula plays the part of ageing beauty queen Diane , who is trying to convince herself that she is still young and nubile enough to vie for the title Miss Golden Gate . |
| 30 | I looked up again to see that she was still asleep and then I began leafing through the pages , curious to see whose names were entered there . |