Example sentences of "are still a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | High death tolls are still a characteristic of less developed , low-income countries . |
| 2 | However , the number of people with fathers in the professional group is relatively small , so that they are still a minority of those who have been in higher education . |
| 3 | The relationships between the Variscides of Europe and the Appalachians of North America — and indeed between parts of the Appalachian province itself — are still a subject for controversy at a detailed level ( see Dewey 1982 ; Rast 1984 ; also several papers in Hutton and Sanderson 1984 ) , but it seems that useful , if cautious , parallels can be drawn between the partly concealed Variscides of Europe ( including southern England ) and the well exposed and much studied southern Appalachians ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 4 | The attention we pay today to every minute detail of a vintage guitar is rarely matched by the records kept at the time ; as with many other guitars , the origins of the Les Paul Custom are still a subject for debate . |
| 5 | Rip currents are still a subject of active research and by no means everything is known about them , in particular the generation of the cell circulation which feeds them . |
| 6 | Smith insists Brugge are still a threat , but Rangers ' journey to Marseille in April appears to be the key to who meets AC Milan — and surely it must be the Italians — in the final . |
| 7 | It has been a long day , but there are still a couple of hours to run , and this is Berlin , where anything can happen . |
| 8 | Test Dept are n't by their very nature , exciting — but people are still a bit scared to broach the naffness of their output for fear of getting shouted at by Swells . |
| 9 | The figures for the full year are still a bit squishy because of items like estimated costs but the unit is positive it was profitable in the fourth quarter . |
| 10 | And your your brains are still a bit dubious . |
| 11 | Sorry if some of you are still a bit cold but I thought the heater had been turned on , but it does n't seem to be doing anything . |
| 12 | But actually I 'm com quite quite pleased with my body at the moment , my legs are still a bit skinny but apart from that I 'm doing okay I think ? |
| 13 | Retest foods once or twice a year to see if they are still a problem . |
| 14 | ‘ Films about the Brits are still a problem for most audiences in the US , ’ Romain Hart , head of British film distributor 's Mainline , recently commented . |
| 15 | xlvii , Against Euergos ) by pirates , local rowdies or litigants seeking what is nowadays politely called a ‘ remedy by self-help ’ ; in which case the answer was to take refuge inside the fortified central pyrgos or tower , whose foundations are still a feature of the Vari site . |
| 16 | ‘ If I ca n't find your father and talk to him , I must ask you , my dear child — you are still a child , appearances to the contrary — to come home with us of your own accord . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You are still a child , ’ he pointed out scathingly . |
| 18 | There are still a quarter of a million unemployed people in Scotland who are testimony to the dreadful human misery caused by over a decade of Tory rule and the terminal decline of the UK economy , ’ he said . |
| 19 | As Niki puts it , ‘ you can drive like a god , say nothing but nice things in Italian and always eat spaghetti , it does n't do the slightest good , you are still a swine … |
| 20 | There are still a number of old millstones on the site , one of which is a French burr stone boasting ‘ Gloucester Millstone Manufactory ’ cast onto its balance boxes , as well as a well-worn monolithic stone probably used to grind animal feed . |
| 21 | Although many of the gears are of iron construction there are still a number with wooden teeth , this leading to quieter running , as well as making repairs easier . |
| 22 | Although there are still a number of problems to be solved , in contrast to the difficulties of comparing data reported for different spatial units , these aspects of data integration are fairly well developed and understood . |
| 23 | But with all of the many options , there are still a number of craters and unexploded mines that need to be avoided , whether restructuring or , instead , a lender is to take control with a view to minimising loss . |
| 24 | There are still a number of village groups which produce items of exceptional intricacy , but the majority possess the rough-hewn beauty and coarser weave associated with nomadic rugs . |
| 25 | However , there are still a number of authentic tribal items being produced , and workshop versions are now made in the Soviet Union , Afghanistan and Pakistan . |
| 26 | The best candidate we have at the moment is the theory of superstrings , but there are still a number of unresolved difficulties . |
| 27 | Assuming that you have determined that the line is biased to starboard , and you therefore want to start near the starboard end of the line , there are still a number of considerations which you must take into account before you can put yourself in the right place as the gun is fired . |
| 28 | There are still a number of important issues to be sorted out with the Board before the Society can approve the franchising proposals , but we have made a very good start . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If the answer is no then there are still a number of things you can do to make your workstation more comfortable . ’ |
| 30 | The German pattern of hall church spread widely in Poland and there are still a number of large brick examples . |