Example sentences of "[conj] is still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | With 27 branches nationwide , Beaverbrooks has retained its outstanding reputation for fine quality jewellery and is still run as a family concern , with customer satisfaction the most important guiding principle . |
| 32 | The Triton inn was formerly a coaching inn , and is still providing meals and accommodation . |
| 33 | The board dismissed him for ‘ gross misconduct and gross professional negligence ’ and is still considering legal steps to recover the cash . |
| 34 | Literary studies remain a specific and coherent science ; literariness still remains its object , and is still constituted by the differential strategy which opposes defamiliarization and automatization . |
| 35 | If the carriage stops short and is still connected to the band , when you then try to take the lace carriage across , the band can not move and it will snap . |
| 36 | SunSoft 's Unix-on-Intel play , Solaris 2.0 , will be shown at the forthcoming PC Expo in New York — along with its emulation stuff , see page five — and is still scheduled to become available 90 days after the Sparc version ships . |
| 37 | Here , there 's another parador contrived from a 16th century building — the Hostal de Reyes Catolicas , which was built by Ferdinand and Isabella as an inn for pilgrims and is still fulfilling its original purpose . |
| 38 | My father Arthur was secretary of the Southern Division for a number of years and is still enjoying life to the full . |
| 39 | Hunting has some steady on-going business — such as highly classified nuclear work — and is still hoping to see new orders generated by the lessons learned in the Gulf war . |
| 40 | Darlington man Keith Pringle was shot in the neck by a marksman and is still recovering in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 41 | He will be 36 next birthday and is still parading his class in the Premier League . ’ |
| 42 | It ensured that the Delaware law was partly scrapped in November 1991 , and is still trying to reduce the banks ' remaining powers , particularly in reinsurance . |
| 43 | He says he set out last night and is still trying to get from Bristol to Bracknell . |
| 44 | He came close to death and is still trying to come to terms with the attack . |
| 45 | Sally uses mixed media and is still experimenting with other materials . |
| 46 | and is still rising fast . |
| 47 | The Labour Party was set up by the trade unions and is still funded by the trade unions . |
| 48 | ( groan , groan — you all know what i want ; - ) ; - ) — with Frank playing 11 games from start my bet is that his goal tally would have exceeded 2 — of course he still misses some qualities — but he knows how to make a goal … as the commentaries said it : ‘ He is under-21 and is still learning the game ’ ) |
| 49 | He came into pentathlon through swimming , his strongest event — and is still struggling with the fencing . |
| 50 | Ron Anthony , the NII 's chief inspector made it clear last week that delays over settling the safety case were largely the fault of the CEGB , it was 10 months late with its PCSR and is still filling in gaps in key areas , like the integrity of steam generator tubes and the issue of fuel-clad ballooning . |
| 51 | It 's been restored and is still lived in . |
| 52 | So er er er this was this was and is still gathering more powers into the hands of the Home Secretary . |
| 53 | Three had their convictions quashed by the Appeal Court earlier this year — the fourth had his appeal turned down and is still serving a life sentence . |
| 54 | If you 're comparing us with primary and secondary schools we have to remember that the erm the great erm age bulge pass has passed through the primary schools and is passing through the secondary schools and is still to reach higher education . |
| 55 | ‘ He 's taught me , and is still teaching me , so many things about football and about when you can do things and when you ca n't . |
| 56 | " The changeable international situation , " he said , " has affected and is still affecting Xinjiang 's social stability . |
| 57 | Maris Otter was first listed as an approved variety by the Barley Committee of the Institute of Brewing 26 years ago and is still used by brewers such as Youngs , Brakspear and Eldridge Pope . |
| 58 | In later centuries the mace was to become an emblem of authority , and is still used by town councils and corporations in Europe as a ceremonial implement . |
| 59 | The ‘ lucky ’ tag stuck , however , for years after and is still used by people ignorant of its origins . |
| 60 | According to Naisbitt , this technique was used extensively by American intelligence during the Second World War and is still used by intelligence services today . |