Example sentences of "but it [be] still [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | You may not be actually using the previous stitch pattern this time around , but it is still taking up memory , whether you use it or not . |
2 | Measures underway to effect this are ; increased substitution of gas for oil in industrial complexes and combined heat and power ( CHP ) schemes , but it is still reckoned that the USSR is a million miles behind the West in terms of energy efficiency . |
3 | After twenty-five years we can indeed see much response to Dei Verbum , but it is still limited . |
4 | But it is still haggling over details . |
5 | But it is still found that entry qualifications for the bureaucracy are disproportionately obtained by the children of skilled and professional groups , not workers and peasants , so the emergence of a new kind of bourgeoisie seems inevitable ( Barnett 1967 ) . |
6 | But it is still approaching the problem from the wrong end . |
7 | As water power became less important , the community declined but it is still preserved as an example of an early settlement . |
8 | But it is still dominated by the attitude Parlee advises at the beginning of the chapter . |
9 | I accept that there are some anomalies on the 1984 map , but it is still focused on the areas of greatest need . |
10 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
11 | The influence of the Catholic church is less suffocating today than it was two generations ago , but it is still striking to outsiders . |
12 | you pay for it , then it 's your car , but it 's still registered in your name |
13 | Most of it is covered in water but it 's still called Earth . |
14 | There are no performing animals , no red nosed clowns , but it 's still packing in the crowds . |
15 | But it , but it 's okay , but it 's still happening , that change |
16 | But it 's still costs is n't it ? |
17 | They were n't on court settings so I would imagine in a court situation perhaps the impact of words is slightly higher , you might expect , but it 's still going to be a low percentage in respect of the overall conta image that 's put over . |
18 | Well I do n't know but it 's still going . |
19 | Well it 's still coming in it was n't desperate , but it 's still coming in |
20 | Yeah but it 's still making me confused I 'm thinking about too much at once it 's making it worse . |
21 | Yeah but it 's still improved |
22 | But it 's still considered that Balcerowicz 's reforms have been a success . |
23 | There was no storm in the morning , but it was still raining . |
24 | He 'd rehearsed that as he walked from the station , but it was still blurted . |
25 | An hour later he dialled the number , but it was still engaged . |
26 | He put the directory back and tried the agency again , but it was still engaged . |
27 | We knew what to expect , but it was still upsetting . |
28 | Luckily , the bus was n't going as quickly as it would have had there been no traffic , but it was still doing twenty-odd mph . |
29 | Unemployment levels had improved , falling to 9.7 per cent from 10.6 the previous year , while inflation had increased to 3.1 per cent in 1989 ( 1.2 per cent in 1988 ) but it was still considered to be under control . |
30 | All of us in the team knew that we were totally dependent on the Lord for any ‘ success ’ — but it was still reassuring at each crusade when Walter would murmur to me as he surveyed the huge first night crowds — ‘ Well , Harvey , that 's your job safe till the next one . |