Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , the right of journalists and broadcasters to demand trial by jury , in those areas of criminal law where it still exists , is an important security against interference with media freedoms — for reasons explained in 1885 by Dicey , the leading writer on our unwritten constitution : " Freedom of discussion is , then , in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury , consisting of 12 shopkeepers , think it expedient should be said or written … |
| 2 | Damage is extensive on both the dentine and the enamel , some teeth having all of the enamel removed , leaving a narrow and eroded dentine core , while others also have much of the dentine removed so that the edges of the dentine , or of the enamel if it still remains , collapses in on itself ( Fig. 3.22 O ) . |
| 3 | This was built to supply water for the Grand Union Canal as it still does today . |
| 4 | It is common practice to put a battery on charge when it still has some life in it . |
| 5 | Its full name is 4-methacryloxyethyl trimellitic anhydride , and even this is n't a true systematic name because it still refers to methacrylate chemistry . |
| 6 | During 1991 and after 10 years of negotiations , the START treaty was signed , and in itself it is indeed only a start as it still leaves enormous stockpiles of delivery systems and nuclear warheads , enough to reduce most of our planet to a radioactive cinder heap . |
| 7 | But instead of looking at her , he was staring down at her hand where it still lay on his arm . |
| 8 | Did it come down in remote forest land where it still lay , gradually decaying ? |
| 9 | However , the altimeter was buried and no doubt if it still has not been found , someone roving round the forests with their metal detectors today will come across it and will not be able to understand what an ancient altimeter is doing there after 60 years . |