Example sentences of "still [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This book would still be essential purchasing without them .
2 Given that , at least in the first year of the new council tax , there will still be two-tier authorities in the shires , I hope that the Bill will be as tight as a drum to ensure that the tiered authorities that are not up for election do not use that freedom from the ballot box — as happened in Nottinghamshire with the poll tax — to wreck the council tax in the way that they wrecked the poll tax in its first year .
3 ‘ It could still be black magic because I 'm damned if I can find a way through the tangle .
4 In other words , an age range for recruitment of 20s/30s may still be unlawful sex discrimination .
5 Although these rigs will probably be slightly less successful than the hair they will still be consistent catchers but a little bit more attention needs to be paid to ensure that the bait is correctly mounted .
6 For as long as these conditions persist , and until a comprehensive range of services is developed to cope with the needs of parents with older mentally handicapped children and adults , there will still be a need for mental handicap hospitals , and there will still be young people being admitted to them .
7 Were the mirror perfect , the jitter would still be spoiling observations — and NASA 's image .
8 I hope he will still be Prime Minister on Friday .
9 Will my right hon. Friend set out his policy for 1992 — — so that I can congratulate him on his anniversary again next year , when he will still be Prime Minister ?
10 And he said the fare of 10p which will be charged will still be good value .
11 Even when the system as a whole is , for example , under liquid , there will still be individual banks with over liquidity .
12 In response to this argument it may be observed that even the BCG itself , in a series of articles about strategic investment in the Financial Times , November 1981 , points out that there can still be profitable niches in declining markets and that ‘ dogs ’ may be able to bite back by identifying new possibilities in their industries ( see also Thietart and Vivas , 1983–4 ) .
13 There could still be perspectival appearances of objects to points of view even if all sentient life ceased to exist .
14 As we have noted , if there were ever such a thing as a variety that was completely insulated and unaffected by external influence , these findings suggest very strongly that it would not be uniform and that there would still be variable community norms within it .
15 These will consist of a combined ex-NCC Scotland and Countryside Commission for Scotland in a new Scottish natural heritage agency ; a similar combination in Wales , although at present there is no separate country identity for the Welsh Countryside Commission — just ten people in a regional office in Newtown ; and in England there will still be separate agencies of the Countryside Commission and whatever replaces the NCC .
16 Tonight there will still be elderly people falling out of bed and dying alone because of lack of staff . ’
17 Nevertheless there will still be inter-school sport and competition at music festivals , chess championships and inter-school exhibitions of art .
18 She thought everyone in the world knew , then she realized she was , indeed , behaving like a star , expecting not only that her nine-day scandal in the theatre would still be common knowledge after all this time , but also that he would know the details of her life since .
19 Here , as in Lofoten , the perceived benefits of education may still be marketable qualifications for jobs .
20 Although many towns and housing estates are served by live and dynamic churches , many are not , and even within a small community of 12,000 like ours in Cranham , there can still be whole estates from which only a handful of people are Christians .
21 If you do n't want to breed them you could probably house several individuals of different species but there will still be territorial needs and you may run the risk of hybrids , though these are not as common as in some other groups of cichlids .
22 If Nissan , Toyota and the others fail to tap this source they will still be formidable firms all around the world .
23 Too near to the lower bound is not a good choice , since there will clearly still be unseen material .
24 On completion of the design , the accuracy of the forecast cost increases with receipt of tenders but there will still be significant inaccuracy reflecting the likelihood of unforseen events occurring , such as differing ground conditions and the introduction of variations .
25 Disaster may not be as imminent as everyone expects and there may still be fat profits to be made by those with good nerves .
26 Secondly , even with only sporadic injections of new funds , investment trusts may still be active traders in the markets for financial assets .
27 There will still be local government inspectors — we are not privatising them .
28 But there will still be important debates about the form of European decision-making , and the relationship between political accountability at a European and a national level .
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