Example sentences of "still [vb pp] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actual negotiations are still carded out by the various enterprise unions themselves and the role of the national union federations remains very limited . |
| 2 | Male homosexuality is still hedged about by legal considerations . |
| 3 | By the end of 90 minutes I was close to the tosh school , but still buoyed up by the work 's genuine pleasures ; the unflagging force of its energy , the wit of its timing and the comic unlikeliness of some of its performers . |
| 4 | Educational practices can retard changes , or stigmatise them ( this is relevant to the question of generic he , which is often still insisted on by teachers ) ; publishing and the mass media can popularise a word , or conversely , fail to legitimate it ( quality newspapers , most famously the New York Times , for years refused to print the word Ms , even if the woman being written about preferred it ) . |
| 5 | But the main force of transports , along with the fleet intended to escort it , was still hemmed in by Hawkes 's blockade . |
| 6 | It is still lived in by the direct descendant of Sir John Damer , who was perhaps so appalled by the building programme of his brother , Viscount Milton , first Earl of Dorchester , at Milton Abbas , that he vowed to build a small house for himself . |
| 7 | He came running in from the dispensary , pulling up his trousers , still held up by his MCC tie , the end of his stethoscope bouncing off his fat tummy . |
| 8 | Note that , although the current approach to monetary policy focuses on the rate of interest in order to affect the demand for money , this approach is still backed up by measures to control the money supply . |