Example sentences of "but the [noun sg] [is] still " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's as if that bright warm light has left the room , but the air is still full of her presence and I 'm smiling to myself while I fiddle with the bed . |
| 2 | The same argument can be used to add a few more names to the list , but the total is still not large . |
| 3 | The same argument can be used to add a few more names to the list , but the total is still not large . |
| 4 | Software revenues rose by 1.1% to $2,520m , but maintenance was off 5.1% to $1,800m ; services were the star performer , rising 48% to $1,900m , but the jury is still out and there is a great deal of scepticism that the company can actually make money on all those facilities management contracts . |
| 5 | Software revenues rose by 1.1% to $2,520m , but maintenance was off 5.1% to $1,800m ; services were the star performer , rising 48% to $1,900m , but the jury is still out and there is a great deal of scepticism that the company can actually make money on all those facilities management contracts . |
| 6 | Applying this variant would reduce the scatter at the high end , since the values of log ( 1/n 2 ) would be approximately half those of log ( 1/n ) , but the scatter is still too large to permit an unequivocal statement that the data fits a Lotka distribution ) . |
| 7 | Applying this variant would reduce the scatter at the high end , since the values of log ( 1/n ) would be approximately half those of log ( 1/n ) , but the scatter is still too large to permit an unequivocal statement that the data fits a Lotka distribution ) . |
| 8 | Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications says it is planning to build an administrative network that will link the local area networks used in government offices across the country , but the plan is still in its embryonic stages ; at the same time the ministry is studying a proposal for a fibre to the home project that plans to get Japanese households connected up by 2015 ; total infrastructure costs are estimated at about $256,000m . |
| 9 | The worst may be over , but the illness is still lurking . |
| 10 | But the message is still the same — Israel has sinned against God , and the behaviour of the people is a scandal . |
| 11 | In the Tippett , which is more recent and digital , the Soloists of Australia under Ronald Thomas bring a slightly less strong profile , but the performance is still good . |
| 12 | Seymour Cray has been left holding the baby at his struggling Colorado Springs-based Cray Computer Corp : Neil Davenport has resigned as president and chief executive , saying that Cray Computer had reached the point where it has appropriate resources to complete the Cray-3 so he is free to seek other opportunities — but the company is still seeking its first firm customer for the supercomputer . |
| 13 | Fred Couples is a welcome addition to this year 's World Cup of Golf by Philip Morris , but the event is still likely to be plagued by slow play . |
| 14 | But the sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country . |
| 15 | As a result of these measures , the river dolphin population now appears to be stabilising and even increasing , but the dolphin is still extremely vulnerable and needs continued surveillance at both national and international levels . |
| 16 | But it is Jonny who is the driving force , the black leather jacket may have gone , the cowboy boots were nowhere to be seen yesterday , but the earring is still in place and so is the intensity which stunned Cambridge two years ago . |
| 17 | It is now two o'clock in the morning in the Chanel studio but the enthusiasm is still high . |
| 18 | Bruce Tigwell says … the skill of it he says is being able to read the ground and go over bumps as quickly as you can … there are more skills in this than any other form of motoring … he says it 's fun motor sport and very friendly but the competition is still high … you can not buy the vehicles off the shelf you have to make them … top speed is 115 miles an hour but they rarely get the chance to go that fast |
| 19 | Her last with Penguin , as she has moved to HarperCollins , but the publicity is still tied in with her new hardback ( Fallen Skies ) . |
| 20 | But the battleground is still being marked out , and Unix is likely to find as many problems and hurdles reaching the lower-end of the market as Microsoft with NT will encounter moving up . |
| 21 | So the membrane then hyperpolarizes , but the stimulus is still present , and that 's tending to lead to a depolarization , so we get then this circle of membrane depolarization followed by hyperpolarization , but it 's the calcium activated K channels which are tending to restore the membrane potential to negative values . |
| 22 | It is the most important medium for getting known by the general public and affecting the attitude of employers but the theatre is still the best place for learning your trade . |
| 23 | We have one possibility but the case is still under investigation and I am looking for possible motives . |
| 24 | But the government is still arguing furiously about how to recoup the HK$1.3 billion ( $168m ) that the colony 's new chemical-waste treatment plant cost to build and the HK$100m-300m a year that the plant will cost to run . |
| 25 | This original approach to factory industry did not last long , as the workshops were converted into one factory in the 1860s , but the firm is still in business , in more modern premises , making their famous name-tapes among other things . |
| 26 | But the firm is still big business . |
| 27 | AIDS may develop , or may not , but the person is still capable of passing the virus on to others . |
| 28 | I 'd go , but the bike 's still full of ropes and stuff from the weekend and I might not get it in . ’ |
| 29 | But the price is still to be paid . |
| 30 | Finally we can obtain an estimate of the yield There are other , similar measures with slightly different definitions , but the aim is still to estimate the same quantities . |