Example sentences of "and [is] still [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of these entered the popular literature and is still repeated by journalists , despite the fact that Hugh McClean , who , in admitting his part in the Shankill UVF killings , is supposed to have said : ‘ I am terribly sorry I ever heard of that man Paisley or decided to follow him ’ , later denied making such a statement to the police . |
| 2 | On a seat beneath General Wolfe 's statue , which looks down on the river and is still scarred by the bombs of a war later than the one in which he died , Coffin rested for a while . |
| 3 | Their exclusive claim to punish clergymen for ordinary offences has long since disappeared ; the power to try and punish laymen for immorality has become practically obsolete ; their jurisdiction over the matters of ritual , and ecclesiastical offences of clergymen , such as heresy , still remains and is still exercised by them . |
| 4 | Literary studies remain a specific and coherent science ; literariness still remains its object , and is still constituted by the differential strategy which opposes defamiliarization and automatization . |
| 5 | The Labour Party was set up by the trade unions and is still funded by the trade unions . |
| 6 | Maris Otter was first listed as an approved variety by the Barley Committee of the Institute of Brewing 26 years ago and is still used by brewers such as Youngs , Brakspear and Eldridge Pope . |
| 7 | In later centuries the mace was to become an emblem of authority , and is still used by town councils and corporations in Europe as a ceremonial implement . |
| 8 | The ‘ lucky ’ tag stuck , however , for years after and is still used by people ignorant of its origins . |
| 9 | According to Naisbitt , this technique was used extensively by American intelligence during the Second World War and is still used by intelligence services today . |
| 10 | It was found in Troy , in Mesopotamia , and is still used by the Navajo and Hopi Indians in the USA in their rituals and art work . |
| 11 | Dating from 1892 , ‘ Sutton Globe ’ has stood the test of time and is still offered by the company |