Example sentences of "still [vb pp] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is still intended to be in control of his environment . |
| 2 | Detailed empirical work by , for example , Davies and Kramer and Young , focused on the ways in which planners and other public officials managed not only to frustrate the intentions of elected officials but , often in a highly paternalistic way , created strategies which simultaneously operated in their own interests while still deemed to be in the interests of the general public . |
| 3 | This slab of a man still looked to be in his full prime . |
| 4 | Unemployment levels had improved , falling to 9.7 per cent from 10.6 the previous year , while inflation had increased to 3.1 per cent in 1989 ( 1.2 per cent in 1988 ) but it was still considered to be under control . |
| 5 | A major chain of retailers has agreed to withdraw them from sale , but hundreds are still thought to be in use . |
| 6 | At least twelve prisoners are still thought to be inside the jail and refusing to give themselves up . |
| 7 | Our landlady , a Mrs Brown , seemed pleasant and reasonable , and we were still contented to be in Bedford , although we had discovered that there was one disadvantage — the Americans . |
| 8 | At least two of the journalists seized at the Marriott hotel on Wednesday were still feared to be in pro-Noriega hands yesterday . |
| 9 | However , as of late March both bases were still believed to be under rebel control . |
| 10 | The gunman is still believed to be at large , police have sealed off the area and are checking all cars . |