Example sentences of "[is] still a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While pneumonia is still a common occurrence , current preventative measures and improved treatment have reduced the numbers dying as a result to only 3% by 1989 . |
| 2 | Although every moment of the lovers ' experience is drenched in imagery , there is still a fine feeling of reality about the characters which gives them bone and muscle . |
| 3 | Solidarity with Southern nationalists is still a major Northern nationalist perception , despite the fact that they view their Southern compatriots at best with indifference and at worst as traitors who sold them out to the loyalists . |
| 4 | More than two thirds of that colossal amount was devoted to lager , which is still a minority brand in Britain . |
| 5 | This even applies to listed buildings : there is still a worryingly widespread general belief that listing only covers the facade , or perhaps just the exterior , whereas it is of course expressly designed to protect the whole building . |
| 6 | There is still a place for it , mainly in institutional catering , but most people think it tastes like cardboard . ’ |
| 7 | Many pilots give up at 1000 feet when there is still a fair chance of finding something and getting away safely . |
| 8 | There is still a great deal for CAMRA to do to ensure that a wide-ranging and diversified brewing industry survives into the 20th century . |
| 9 | Whatever method is employed to make height at the overlap , some 40ft ( 12m ) up the final corner , there is still a long reach to be made to find the hold in the crack above . |
| 10 | There is still a sense in which the relation between words and object can be called ‘ arbitrary ’ , since we are not dealing with onomatopeia , but it is quite unproblematical . |
| 11 | When Pound revised and expanded this to make The ABC of Reading ( the title is still a misnomer ) , he winkled out of it most of the anti-Englishness that had been present in the first version , when Pound was still smarting from what he took to be England 's rejection of him eight years before , in 1920 . |
| 12 | The Mother of Us All shows more continuity , but again much depends upon production in what is still a largely non-narrative opera . |
| 13 | But a world ranking of 222 shows there is still a lot of room for improvement . |
| 14 | It is still a mix of ancient and modern . |
| 15 | However , there is still a lingering doubt about the justification for such a rise . |
| 16 | If the Sun Chariot emphasised the spreading cloak of Arab domination , then the Cambridgeshire proved there is still a place for the smaller owner when Jeremy Glover sent out Rambo 's Hall , the only horse to have won for him this season , to gain an equally facile success . |
| 17 | ‘ There is still a statutory obligation to slaughter the flock , ’ he said . |
| 18 | King : They say the same of me , and always will In England , where to excel is still a crime . |
| 19 | There is still a great deal of fear about . |
| 20 | Mrs Gonzalez has also tried to mend the fratricidal split between her husband and Nicolas Redondo , leader of the UGT union , of which she is still a member . |
| 21 | The ride will take the top competitors less than five hours , but the race will still not be over , as there is still a full marathon to be run . |
| 22 | There is still a lot of work to do at the Training Centre . ’ |
| 23 | Durability is still a point of concern because most tend to lose a certain amount of loft with extended use . |
| 24 | It is still a part of contemporary power struggles . |
| 25 | He may be like a banana tree or a coconut tree , half human in appearance , revolting in every way , but caring for him is still a woman 's duty if he 's her husband . |
| 26 | The past is still a foreign country , but we have been shown round it by the most genial and expert of guides . |
| 27 | The baked version , with its crunchily golden crust , is still a rib-sticking favourite in diehard gentlemen 's clubs . |
| 28 | ‘ British fashion manufacturing is still a sweatshop industry ’ |
| 29 | There is still a basic problem which will not become any easier . |
| 30 | He may act at times like a nasty prat , but he is still a legend . |