Example sentences of "still [art] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Factory greyness had dulled the senses and while the club was still the place to be , it certainly was n't the place to play . |
| 2 | There was not a soul to be seen , and apart from a hammering noise echoing from somewhere distant , and an occasional coughing in a room to the back of the house , there is still no sound to be heard . |
| 3 | It was a remarkable achievement by any standards , but it proved that Waites was well and truly back on the scene and still a competitor to be feared . |
| 4 | The offer came , there was still a contract to be abrogated , but Lauda is Lauda : what he wants , he gets . |
| 5 | Even if there was still a peace to be saved in 1940 , it seemed most unlikely that Labour would win the election . |
| 6 | To be a spinster is not quite the abnormality it was in Austen 's day , but it is still a fate to be avoided . |
| 7 | Certainly , he had to face the fact that a majority of the French population still supported the principle of integration and that there were immense risks involved in challenging integration head-on , especially since the malaise in the army was still a factor to be reckoned with . |
| 8 | But there 's still a bill to be settle . |
| 9 | Despite his age , Len Hatch was still a man to be reckoned with . |
| 10 | Obviously it 's nowhere near as deep or complicated as Bard 's Tale , but it 's still a force to be reckoned with — especially now you get the expansion set thrown in too . |
| 11 | But the dispute also made it clear to President Chamorro that the Nicaraguan left is still a force to be reckoned with . |
| 12 | A week is a long time in football , seven days in fact , but somehow a reversal of February 's 11–0 defeat at the hands of today 's opponents would prove that Lazarus does n't have the last word in comebacks , and we are still a team to be reckoned with . |
| 13 | ‘ I am enjoying my job more than ever and there is still a lot to be done with PRCS , so all the speculation is a bit silly . ’ |
| 14 | Three points from the last four available after five straight defeats is the reward for the manager 's faith and the sudden realisation that the First Division beckoned has focused minds magnificently as Jefferies acknowledged when he said : ‘ There is still a lot to be done but if the players show the same attitude for the rest of the season we wo n't go down . |
| 15 | In June 1382 troubles in Rouen , caused partly by a reaction to the French crown 's fiscal demands , were suppressed with some vigour ; the events may have lost Charles VI friends and supporters in Normandy , still an area to be tended with attention by the royal authority in Paris . |