Example sentences of "and the [noun pl] [be] still " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Italians and the Germans are still at it in Spain . |
| 2 | The square has recently been renovated although people complain that it is like a film set and the houses are still crumbling behind their façades . |
| 3 | Honestly , and the tongs were still on , and that was at eight o'clock in the morning . |
| 4 | And the shires are still there fairly strong , still er some of course has now gone onto the rare breeds . |
| 5 | Enormous sums have been lost , and the repercussions are still being felt today . |
| 6 | ‘ So the President and the Councillors are still … ‘ |
| 7 | The sun was low on the horizon now and the birds were still flying in from ‘ pre-roost assembly points ’ . |
| 8 | He turned in a performance to cherish against Surrey in the NatWest at Swansea , and the locals are still attempting to work out and why he did n't pocket the match award . |
| 9 | Community interpreting is a new profession and the structures are still embryonic . |
| 10 | I got out the bed at five and twenty to eleven and the curtains were still drawn and I thought oh my God ! |
| 11 | There the loading was still underway and the women were still hanging about . |
| 12 | And the daffs are still looking nice ! |
| 13 | Although liaison work with the Ministries and the planners was still necessary , Verity , a natural conciliator , created a progressing organisation which was more streamlined and probably as effective as possible in the prevailing conditions of materials shortages . |
| 14 | Steve and the others were still working and I began getting the meal ready . |
| 15 | And the messages were still going out when an Israeli cargo plane lost both starboard engines and hit an Amsterdam tower block — killing at least 250 people . |
| 16 | The Christian Maronites of Lebanon had unwisely associated them selves with the crusaders — this tragic addiction for unhappy alliances was to be developed in later centuries — and the results are still visible in Lebanon today . |
| 17 | Much indeed remains to be done ; for special training is required , and the workers are still few . |
| 18 | Bank lending and consumer credit remain depressed and the analysts are still hopefully waiting for today 's figures on retail sales in January to provide some conclusive evidence that demand is poised to recover . |
| 19 | And the scars are still there today , the old stumps and all that . |
| 20 | ‘ Clubs have even more money from BSkyB TV and the fees are still going up and up . |
| 21 | The buildings and the factories are still there , drab and decaying ; so are most of their occupants , down to the morose , chain-smoking soldiers who sit on guard in every official building . |
| 22 | The newer system is cheaper to make , safer , and the tubes are still effective after a year 's continual use . |
| 23 | The other is that the Zionist terrorists have ( with the help of the British government ) stolen a country , and the provos are still trying to do so . |
| 24 | ‘ What we have here , ’ she says , ‘ is an oldtime country school , and I 'm still teaching and the kids are still learning . ’ |
| 25 | The membership of the League of Nations from 1919 to 1939 never exceeded 54 countries , whereas some 160 nation states , covering almost the entire globe , are members of the present United Nations , and the numbers are still increasing as new nations arise out of the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union . |
| 26 | And we were down there about half past seven in the morning , and the trees were still felling then , with the wind . |
| 27 | When they got to St-Jean it was only a little past midnight and the cafes were still open . |
| 28 | The latter area is developing so rapidly , and sees so many new initiatives , that its shape is still relatively unclear and the techniques are still being refined ; but they are firmly based on the much longer experience gained through co-operation in the civil area . |
| 29 | The electricity for the factories still depends on imported fuel and the markets are still overseas but the skills of the workers and the quality of the cloth help to keep some of the industry alive . |
| 30 | And the eyes were still there . |