Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pers pn] still " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continued argument about transport development shows how important a part it still plays in the economy of the US . |
| 2 | After teaming up with fellow musicians in the early Seventies , he formed Alaap , performing at Asian shows and weddings , a practice they still do as well as supporting the likes of Peter Gabriel and UB40 at international music festivals . |
| 3 | As a result we still refer to the civil service , military service , social service , health service , library service and so on . |
| 4 | Grandmother of 5 , Pamela Fitchew was preparing this morning for her day of reckoning , sentencing by a judge and possible time in prison for a crime she still claims she did n't commit . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a question I still have to study , ’ she offered evasively instead . |
| 6 | Ben is described variously as a ‘ merchant 's clerk ’ and as an ‘ outrider ’ , itself a dialect term used extensively in Somerset and elsewhere to describe a tradesman 's travelling agent — a meaning it still carried in New Zealand , for example , well into the 20th century . |
| 7 | It 's just a shame they still do n't seem to want to take any real risks because as things now stand , they 're still guilty of merely coasting . |
| 8 | They now knew the terrible truth , even though without a body they still could not mourn . |
| 9 | He had been a heavy smoker all his life , however , and for a while he still felt the need for a cigarette before and after meals . |
| 10 | I expressed the hope that one day he would include the piece in a volume or volumes of collected essays : a collection I still feel is very much needed . |
| 11 | Hurworth dentist Simon Allum said : ‘ Despite the Government delaying the decision by a month we still have not been answered . |
| 12 | Even if you 're as good as a master they still wo n't give you the top black |
| 13 | Even if you 're better than a master you still have to wait . |
| 14 | A feast committee was formed , with himself being elected secretary , a position he still holds . |
| 15 | For many years he has been the Fund Raising Organizer for the British Rail Support Group , Condover Hall School for the Blind , a position he still holds . |
| 16 | They had been his father 's personal bodyguards , ready and able to defend him with their lives , and once a year they still performed this fierce dance inside the mosque from sunset to sunrise without pause . |
| 17 | So , if you find that after a year you still ca n't tell a sparrow from a dunnock , it will not matter . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , and in a way I still want to dissociate myself , even from KL . |
| 19 | ‘ Yet in a way I still prefer The Young Can Suffer . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a problem we still have to solve , ’ said a spokesman : it may want to look up the latest crop of hopefuls such as Covia Technologies Inc , Locus Computing Corp , and NobleNet Inc which have recently begun to offer just such solutions . |
| 21 | Just how we were to get out and home once we had arrived there was a problem we still refused to think about . |
| 22 | And when opening a table you still ca n't browse through directory trees to find the required file ; you can specify a default directory , but for any other directory you have to spell out the name , . |
| 23 | Is it possible , however , that though you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat you still know many other things , perhaps more important ? |