Example sentences of "and they are still " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , for the thirteen years since Kapuscinski 's departure , things have gone badly for the Angolans , and they are still suffering terribly . |
| 2 | Until recently , they were killed in their thousands by Turkish hunters in the Black Sea and they are still being actively hunted in Greenland , where about 1000 porpoises are harpooned or shot each year . |
| 3 | Such calcareous algae ( see Plate 52 ) have a long history , extending back into the Precambrian , and they are still numerous today . |
| 4 | ‘ Sure we went down well but the buzz over there is quite staggering and they are still into all that ‘ noo wave ’ garbage . |
| 5 | That was 40 years ago and they are still playing most of the same melodies today — good music does not die ! |
| 6 | From ancient times , the significance of particular dates has survived centuries of attempts to stamp out the old pagan customs , and they are still popularly practised in many parts of the country . |
| 7 | And they are still there now . |
| 8 | Mrs Kelsall has received over 400 letters asking for help since she began the project , and they are still arriving . |
| 9 | Ever since the 1917 Revolution , Russian women have been waiting for things to improve — and they are still waiting . |
| 10 | I still make necklaces from strips of knitting with beads or marbles sewn in at intervals and they are still very popular , whether ‘ wooly ’ for sweaters or lurexed for evening wear ; but |I have recently been trying very simple macramé to knot several strips decoratively together and maybe add a few beads or jewels and the results can be quite spectacular . |
| 11 | Its first two major applications were as light and motive power and they are still the most familiar ; both can be conveniently dated in 1879 , when Edison perfected the incandescent lamp and Siemens made his electric tram . |
| 12 | My ‘ old ’ boat was well known to the local seals , and they would allow a really close approach , but I have only had my present boat a couple of years and they are still suspicious . |
| 13 | All the churches have a strong regard for the preservation of tradition and they are still little affected by what happens in other churches . |
| 14 | It is also necessary not to view policies in a static way ; they have been built up slowly over a long period and they are still changing . |
| 15 | He has a master , and work to do , and they are still lambing . |
| 16 | ‘ Father says four more have been dug out of a drift and they are still alive . ’ |
| 17 | Originally umbrellas were used to shade high ranking people and they are still used this way in some parts of the world , for example in Ghana . |
| 18 | And they are still a community under pressure . |
| 19 | It 's been a good run and they are still top of the Premiership table but they hardly looked champions today . |
| 20 | I liked everything about it , I liked everything about it , mind you I had sore fingers to begin with , very sore , with the filing you see , but also er I was used to thing in a way because there was a little lock shop in mother 's yard er and erm home-made er home-made locks and he used to er and now he used to do them and stamp them and I us I worked his hand press for him before I was fourteen and they were for and they are still and my mother used to take them to Birmingham and erm I think he used to give me sixpence for doing everything I did for him . |
| 21 | ‘ And they are still sealed . |