Example sentences of "britain is still " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO days after the US invasion of Panama , Britain is still the only member of the European Community to have given public support to the action . |
| 2 | In the first Elizabeth 's time the superpowers were France and Spain ; but , while much has changed , Britain is still an island upon which no other nation has any territorial , ethnic or political claim . |
| 3 | Business confidence in Britain is still extremely weak , but improving : pessimists exceed optimists , with a negative balance of 4% , but that compares with a negative balance of 19% in the first quarter . |
| 4 | Despite three decades of campaigning by homosexuals to remove the stigma from their sexuality , to call a man a queer in Britain is still an actionable insult in the minds of the ‘ right-thinking people ’ who make up libel juries . |
| 5 | Although the White House had convinced itself that a Labour victory would be perfectly tolerable , the President is undoubtedly pleased that Britain is still being run by a man and a party he knows he can rely on . |
| 6 | It adds : ‘ Britain is still by far the biggest polluter of the seas of northern Europe . ’ |
| 7 | Besides , Britain is still not sure what sort of country it ought to be . |
| 8 | The mainland of Britain is still their most likely destination . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , the Prime Minister has stressed Britain is still committed to the Trident missile programme . |
| 10 | He says that it would be a ste backwards — Britain is still rabies free , other parts of Europe are n't . |
| 11 | Britain is still gripped by recession , public sector borrowing is high , inflation running at 4.1pc and there are 2.6m registered unemployed . |
| 12 | Although Britain is still well in the red , the latest deficit 's down to one point one billion pounds , that 's the smallest trade gap this year and a big improvement on the July figure of one point seven billion pounds . |
| 13 | Shares crashed to new lows in the City on the news , which came just hours after the release of Britain 's better than expected trade figures , though Britain is still well in the red , the latest deficit 's down to one point one billion dollars . |