Example sentences of "and [det] [n mass] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is in the employees that Parker places his faith : ‘ This is a people-intensive business , ’ he proclaims and points out that 77% of the workforce bought shares when the firm was floated in September 1989 and that 75% still hold them . |
| 2 | In this friendly atmosphere , plans for a reunion had already started before we were halfway through , and many people still keep in touch with each other back home . |
| 3 | If such attitudes are now considered contemptible , it should be remembered that the policy of segregation continued for most of the twentieth century and many people still believe today that mentally handicapped people should be isolated and prevented from having children , even though the hereditary risks are low and can , in most cases , be discounted . |
| 4 | This story has lasted well during the past two millennia and many people still believe it , so that tom-cats are always kept carefully away from nursing mother cats and their young kittens , in case the urge to commit lust-inspired infanticide overcomes them . |
| 5 | Most of us , myself included , thought that this was completely pointless as the old name had a better ring to it and most people still referred to our boats as Revenue Cutters in preference . |
| 6 | Its roots are tenacious and most people still wish to acknowledge the ideal of Christian values , as George Carey , Archbishop of Canterbury , noted at the 1991 2nd Malvern Conference , " I would deny that Britain is post-Christian — I think that people have basic Christian values which they would be very reluctant to let go . " |