Example sentences of "still [vb infin] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I say that we 'd be willing perhaps that the Conservative amendment first of all , and then to turn to the amendment by the Liberal democrats erm I would like to suggest that schools or other charities , not just schools are exempt from any registration charge but will still notify the local authority in , in advance of an event , because events held at schools or by charities still create problems with traffic and parking and congestion |
| 2 | Although the government has gone to great lengths ( £1 million spent on marketing the proposals ( in an attempt to convince us that the NHS will still remain a National Health Service and will still be free to those requiring health care the proposals clearly spell the future of a health service which will move away from being a public tax funded service to a two tier service , with those who ca n't afford to pay on the bottom level receiving inadequate and cash starved services . |
| 3 | Galleries should be avoided , to get away from the idea of a theatre with an audience watching an actor but the pulpit must still remain the central feature . |
| 4 | Wild animals are used for food but at a level at which they can still reproduce a similar surplus a year later . |
| 5 | ‘ He must still want the whole thing stopped . ’ |
| 6 | Though conservation of our most endangered species of butterflies ( such as large blue , heath fritillary and swallowtail ) is largely in the hands of experts , keen amateurs can still make a valuable contribution to conserving commoner species . |
| 7 | Researchers had the southern sky all to themselves and radioastronomy was not yet a ‘ big science ’ : one could still make an important discovery with simple equipment that one had built oneself . |
| 8 | Do n't forget details : particularly in rented property , where you ca n't make substantial alterations , you can still make an enormous difference with carefully chosen accessories : sets of matching storage jars , wooden spice racks , kitchen roll holders , pretty tea towels , bunches of herbs , onions or dried flowers , interesting canisters-old or new ; plants ; posters ; prints ; and last , but by no means least , good-looking cookware . |
| 9 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 10 | Leafing through bound volumes of those old editions in Beirut , Abu Khadra could still experience the odd moment of journalistic triumph as old newspapermen tend to do , long after their papers have died . |
| 11 | I , for one , would still prefer the mocking irony of ‘ The National Front Disco ’ and ‘ We 'll Let You Know ’ to the finger-pointing sloganeering of a ‘ Margaret On A Guillotine ’ or ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ . |
| 12 | Chairman Sir Anthony Tennant rightly predicted that many of us would be too hard up to stand a round of drinks in the pub anymore — but that we 'd still fancy a cheap tipple at home . |
| 13 | I could still catch the early train if I left immediately . |
| 14 | Although this is the lightest hard case on the market , at 3.3kg , it will still withstand a 12-stone adult standing on the lid and comes complete with a comfy , flightcase quality leather handle . |
| 15 | Never fear , you can still buy an attractive neck-tie at King 's Cross 's Tie Rack emporium . |
| 16 | It 's a nightmarish complaint , as he looks perfectly well and can still play/compose the complicated music by which he made his living . |
| 17 | Remember that you can still win a fabulous prize for the most sponsorship money collected per team and per person — so collect your money and send it in ! |
| 18 | If it occurs on a sufficiently large scale , either main party might still win an outright majority . |
| 19 | 125 winner Loris Capirossi and third home Noboru Ueda — one speaks Italian , the other Japanese but they can still enjoy a good laugh |
| 20 | Oh hell , she said to herself and glared morosely at the scene before her , wondering why it was that while , in grief , she could still enjoy a good book or , say , a well-grilled sole , she could take no pleasure in a beautiful landscape . |
| 21 | STOCKTON pensioners can still enjoy a free trip to the seaside in Langbaurgh , despite a bus pass scheme being scrapped . |
| 22 | He spent one night in New York and then , nursing a cold which he had contracted on the boat , he went straight to Boston — with his relatives , in particular his two sisters and his late brother 's family , and with old friends like Emily Hale and Djuna Barnes , he could still enjoy an affectionate intimacy which he seemed to lack in England . |
| 23 | It 's all very mysterious — why , for instance , does Cape still need a managing director but not Chatto ? |
| 24 | The pond provides a useful source of live food and algae for the fish , but they will still need a balanced diet of flake or pond sticks . |
| 25 | The photographer will be much more in charge here but he or she will still need a detailed briefing . |
| 26 | Erm and so even if we had a full employment situation , we would still need an economic bonus strategy and I know the Conservatives wo n't agree with that , they were very reluctant the last administration to think about economic developments at all but , er eventually they realised the recession was quite er , quite serious . |
| 27 | This must still yield a finite minimum , for otherwise we would have a solution satisfying ( 8.1 ) and for all and with cost decreasing ( z increasing ) in . |
| 28 | Although the real cost of electricity had fallen dramatically , the quarterly electricity bill for small consumers used to budgeting weekly could still present a financial challenge . |
| 29 | However , even if a death in hospital does not warrant an autopsy , the corpse may still present a potential source of infection to porters and mortuary staff , particularly if they have not been immunised . |
| 30 | We would still welcome a thorough reappraisal of the statutory objectives , powers and duties of the Council in order to ensure they are relevant to the challenges which lie ahead . |