Example sentences of "though [pron] be still [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though she was still immaculately groomed , there seemed somehow less poise about her , as if appearances remained , but the will had gone . |
| 2 | The former had a religious significance for the Ancient Egyptians , but sadly they are no longer found in Egypt , though they are still widely distributed in other parts of Africa and Asia . |
| 3 | There is , obviously , quite a lot of work being done in the relatively straightforward field of identifying advertising 's effect on sales through econometric methods , though it is still largely confined to about half-a-dozen large agencies and a similarly limited group of client companies . |
| 4 | Where a country espouses outward-looking policies , it may continue to behave in many important respects as though it were still domestically focused . |
| 5 | In the next century the practice petered out , though it was still occasionally revived for particularly distinguished visitors , who might expect to have their names recorded on silk or satin rather than plebeian paper . |