Example sentences of "is still [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is still lived in by the direct descendant of Sir John Damer , who was perhaps so appalled by the building programme of his brother , Viscount Milton , first Earl of Dorchester , at Milton Abbas , that he vowed to build a small house for himself . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , Papa is still living up at Wood Lane . |
| 3 | ( He raises a hand at ROS while GUIL bows to him — ROS is still straightening up from his previous now and half way up he bows down again . |
| 4 | Palace choose from 15 today , with John Salako expected to shrug off a minor knee problem but Thomas is still ruled out with knee ligament damage . |
| 5 | While some of last year 's stockpile has vanished , a lot of oil is still sloshing around in storage . |
| 6 | Michael Lynagh is still rattling along towards the four-figure mark but not at the same rate . |
| 7 | Her last with Penguin , as she has moved to HarperCollins , but the publicity is still tied in with her new hardback ( Fallen Skies ) . |
| 8 | Final configuration and pricing has yet to be finalised , the firm says , and it is still casting around for a name , although Series 200 has been mooted . |
| 9 | But he admitted finding Minton 's facility suspect and thought ‘ the restlessness with which he is still casting about for fresh novelties of manner suggests a certain instability . ’ |
| 10 | Sun is still tinkering around with the Cypress Semiconductor Corp Ross Systems HyperSparc chip , having apparently not found a home for it yet : in benchmarks , the part outpaced the SuperSparc but by how much remains a mystery ; of course third parties people could buy the chip from Cypress direct and do their own MBus upgrades for Suns . |
| 11 | Although all staff will have been through a thorough central basic training course ( see Chapter 6 ) much additional training and supervision is still needed back in the bureau . |
| 12 | During this period , wild and woolly concepts of ‘ national grids ’ of leys were published and thick black pencil lines defaced countless maps — naive enthusiasm that is still held up for ridicule by ley sceptics . |
| 13 | Everybody is still crying out for rain ; no one is ever satisfied . ’ |
| 14 | Note that , although the current approach to monetary policy focuses on the rate of interest in order to affect the demand for money , this approach is still backed up by measures to control the money supply . |
| 15 | Male homosexuality is still hedged about by legal considerations . |
| 16 | Below are the views expressed by the late to all his students at the beginning of an embalming course and believes the advice given , which is still passed on to 's own students , is still relevant today : |
| 17 | The attempt to understand and to find suitable words for these different types of property is one that is still going on in anthropology and is proving extremely difficult [ Goodenough , 1951 ; Goody , 1962 ; Gluckman , 1965 ; Bloch , 1975 ] . |
| 18 | No more coniferous planting is occurring in northern England , but is still going on in Scotland and Wales . |
| 19 | Montrose House would of course not be the only cost-effective alternative but it does give some idea of the scandalous waste of resources which is still going on in the semi-State sector . |
| 20 | However , some natural change has gone on and is still going on in the country , and physical changes need to be anticipated in any local study . |
| 21 | Work is still going on in fitting out a new store right up to the last minute . |
| 22 | Not all the news is good … thefts from vehicles in Gloucestershire is still going up by four percent . |
| 23 | From now on applying any more brake really can spell disaster , for the normal mortal at least , because much of the weight is still thrown on to the front tyre and grip is scarce . |
| 24 | Logging is still carried on in some areas . |
| 25 | Stick making is still carried out on a limited scale , the Phoenix Stick Company at present occupying two floors of the main mill block . |
| 26 | Wassailing was originally probably a Roman fertility rite to praise and encourage Pomona , the goddess of fruit trees , and it is still carried out in parts of the UK on Twelfth Night to ensure a good crop of apples the following year . |
| 27 | In the case of Professor Fang Lizhi , the dissident leader who is still holed up in the US embassy in Beijing , Mr Bush has been unable to say when or whether the Chinese may allow him to leave for a third country , as reportedly urged by Mr Scowcroft . |
| 28 | But as far as the security services are concerned , the Kremlin is still plotting to undermine world capitalism and J. Edgar Hoover is still holed up in the FBI powder room . |