Example sentences of "but [ex0] is still " in BNC.
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| 1 | The style has virtually disappeared from the south-east of England but there is still considerable demand for it in the West Midlands , Wales and the North-west . |
| 2 | The dust extraction system is quite efficient ; it certainly keeps a lot of the dust out of the air , but there is still quite a bit of dust on the surface of the workpiece after you finish sanding . |
| 3 | The result has been that sterling has become very expensive to borrow , but there is still far too much of it , and the supply is still increasing too fast . |
| 4 | There is now plenty of choice for the investor who knows what he or she wants to invest in , but there is still something of a vacuum for investors with less than £50,000 which they want to put into shares directly . |
| 5 | It brings him into joint second place with Jackie Stewart in the league table of grand prix victories , but there is still some way to go before Senna matches the 44 won by Alain Prost , the man the media love Senna to hate . |
| 6 | But there is still so much to be done . |
| 7 | But there is still enough talent available , including that of Menzel and Forman ( who is apparently returning from Hollywood to make another film at the Barrandov Studios ) to push the Czech cinema into the limelight again . |
| 8 | According to the Yugoslav news agency , Tanjug , which still has one of the few non-Romanian journalists operating out of the country , the committee consists of lawyers , artists , and workers , but there is still no sign of a leader or a programme . |
| 9 | Italy is famed for its salami , sausages and Parma hams ( see pp8–18 ) , its cheeses and olive oils , but there is still much about the cuisine that is relatively unknown . |
| 10 | Similar elements have recently been found in eukaryotic cells , but there is still much uncertainty about what they do , other than move about . |
| 11 | The painfully sensitive narrator of The Better Angel grows up to be a farmer , not a novelist , but there is still the sense that he tells his tale as an act of compulsive , faintly therapeutic , honesty . |
| 12 | With the domestic revolution of the past three decades , our family emotions have certainly thawed , but there is still something to be said for resisting the tendency to involve children in every aspect of the parental life . |
| 13 | ‘ There have been an awful lot of investigations but there is still a lot of controversy about this , ’ said Mr Ralph Tadema Wielandt , head of the project . |
| 14 | The result gives us a breathing space , but there is still the risk of a private member 's Bill . ’ |
| 15 | Charges have now been dropped but there is still some doubt as to whether Mme Huyghe will be reinstated . |
| 16 | Gilly finds an excuse for going back to Mr Randolph 's house and she manages to steal the rest of his money , but there is still not enough to pay for her ticket to San Francisco . |
| 17 | British Coal has made enormous progress in increasing productivity since the end of the 1985 strike — but there is still further to go . |
| 18 | But there is still the possibility that she came from the area north-east of the City . ’ |
| 19 | But there is still controversy over whether this is too much of a compromise , and the church continues to deteriorate . |
| 20 | Both cooperating ( pulling each other 's ticks off ) is pretty good , but there is still a temptation to do even better by refusing to pay the costs of reciprocating . |
| 21 | Legislation has put the matter beyond doubt in eight jurisdictions in the United States and elsewhere — for example , in France.15 In the United Kingdom , although some advocate legislation , it is likely that the new description will merely be incorporated into the law without more.16 The acceptance of brain-stem death may resolve a number of problems , but there is still the problem of how it is to be established in a particular case . |
| 22 | We may find unifying principles in patterns of gene activity , gradients , signals , modes of movement , but there is still much variety for which we have no explanation whatsoever . |
| 23 | Another change in recent years is that most people have become aware of the term ‘ ageism ’ , but there is still little effort to understand its causes and consequences . |
| 24 | But there is still a lot of detailed work to do on genuine local clashes . |
| 25 | In the fourth situation , nervous disorders partially interpret the relationship between the two variables , but there is still a direct effect remaining after that variable has been brought under control . |
| 26 | But there is still the temptation for designers to lean toward high-technology schemes — partly for prestige , partly because their fees might be higher . |
| 27 | But there is still no firm news of a VHD launch in Europe or the US . |
| 28 | The last shop , the post office stores , closed about seven years ago — even that was once a chapel no longer in use , but there is still the pub , the Eagle . |
| 29 | The social climate has changed , and with it the limits of television courage , but there is still a great deal of implicit and overt censorship to be challenged . |
| 30 | If so , the cure will be obvious ; but there is still one other possibility . |