Example sentences of "still seem to [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Vendelin Gajdusek did not question her , anyhow , though he still seemed to be insisting on the administration of some antiseptic , for , ‘ This way , ’ he instructed , and , turning , he gave an instruction to the Dobermann , who had not moved an inch since his last instruction .
2 Her own body and mind still seemed to be moving in slow motion , and she had a wild urge to — what ?
3 He still seemed to be wearing his favourite shirt and jeans .
4 No Roman Catholic movement of the left had appeared to help Rome in its political struggles at a time when the suffrage was spreading ; in spite of a few ‘ Christian socialists ’ , Roman Catholicism still seemed to be tied to social and political conservatism .
5 Mick still seemed to be looking for an excuse to return home , so I chose not to make an issue of the blunder .
6 The squire 's white velvet purse had weighed him down , and though he had slipped it out of his jerkin and felt it sink past his feet , coins still seemed to be clinging to his armpit .
7 The favourite still seemed to be going well enough , however , and the adoring masses were not particularly worried as the leading group — Ten of Spades and Desert Orchid , with Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin close behind — thundered down towards the third last fence .
8 In the mid-1970s things still seemed to be going well .
9 Fat Paul still seemed to be reeling at this development .
10 It is a symptom of sociology 's low status as a scientific discipline that so many researchers still seem to be seeking for the philosophers ' stone , or seeking status by attempting to theorize beyond their means .
11 Large companies still seem to be finding it increasingly difficult to retain top management .
12 Some candidates still seem to be anticipating an examination paper that exclusively tests discrete technical topics ( for example , leasing , deferred tax , disposals , pensions and foreign currency translation ) .
13 Something like it still seems to be believed by some economists close to Mrs Thatcher .
14 The second is the traditional binary distinction between ‘ sound-change proper ’ and ‘ borrowing ’ : this distinction , or something similar to it , still seems to be assumed in many orthodox accounts .
15 Their prime option still seems to be to kick .
16 Small companies still tend to be inhibited by the cost of using such services and within larger firms the knowledge of their benefits still seems to be limited to a small number of individuals and not widely recognised within the company as a resource .
17 The Central Statistical Office said the figures showed ‘ the underlying level of non-oil import volume may now be flat whilst non-oil export growth still seems to be rising strongly ’ .
18 Lack of loadings have forced the two trips on July 15 and July 29 to go to the wall and FSS spokesman John Leech said : ‘ The recession still seems to be having an effect on the way people spend their money . ’
19 The search for accurate , non-invasive tools , for the follow up of treated patients still seems to be needed .
20 The former is that more or less subconscious attitude to sedimentation which still seems to be held by many ( if not most ) stratigraphers , though not by students of Recent sediments .
21 Yet to the outsider postwar Japanese society still seems to be striking not in its similarities to , but in its differences from , the West .
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