Example sentences of "[vb -s] still [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if she has opened herself up and not lied but she has still timed her ‘ coming out ’ . |
| 2 | But the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank has still inherited a rich prize |
| 3 | If this is the case , and he has then asked about Cantona and been given the nod , he has still done well . |
| 4 | However , the Audit Commission , a government efficiency agency , has still criticized some local authorities for spending excessively and for wasting resources , e.g. some 700m has been ‘ inefficiently ’ spent in one year on council house maintenance repairs . |
| 5 | Between 1980 and 1987-88 , there was a rapid flight from consensus to the outer shores of realism , but it has still prevailed — not just for electoral purposes , but because the world has changed . |
| 6 | In 1986 , the YTS became a two-year course but the number of people obtaining basic craft qualifications has still fallen . |
| 7 | This ‘ gorgeous gargoyle ’ ( thespian O'Toole 's ) description ) might have played more Tests had Underwood not been around , but he has still made a wide impression on the game , made more lasting by this unexpected offering . |
| 8 | The level of US aid is not on the scale of that provided for El Salvador , but it has still risen six-fold since the beginning of the 1980s to US$82 million in 1986 . |
| 9 | And one was that this bungalow should be retained completely er by members of the Hosiery Finishers in spite of being a national union which of course has still operated , and secondly , that er nobody should go to this union until er er at least when I 've finished that they should be voted for and they were n't going to impose anybody on this union , they 'd vote for somebody from among their own members , which of course operated and that 's operating now . |
| 10 | Used to playing second fiddle to its Mitsubishi rival and happily mopping up any disappointed Shogun buyers who failed to get their hands on one of the current quota , the Trooper has still etched itself a firm place in the off-roader scene and remains , as it usually has been , an underestimated vehicle . |
| 11 | Cunningham , who has not played since May 1 has still trained hard , and he admitted yesterday : ‘ Realistically , I could not play in Saturday 's Test that would be a bit early . ’ |
| 12 | Although studying for her G.C.S.E. this year , Lea-anna has still maintained a high standard of play in competitions and county matches as well as finding time to study for her Gold Award and achieving an 85 per cent pass rate on questions relating to the Rules of Golf . |
| 13 | In a Soviet Union where getting a film developed is not a simple matter Aleksandras Macijauskas has still managed to document the people , and lifestyle , of his native Lithuania . |
| 14 | I like Malham because , in spite of the hammering it takes from visitors , it has still managed to keep its character . |
| 15 | The Netherlands are forced to field a second-string team for today 's qualifier against San Marino in Utrecht — but coach Dick Advocaat has still ordered a goal spree . |
| 16 | Although the domestic authorities do not have the immediate problem of defending a fixed exchange rate under the present system , the external situation has still had an overriding influence on most countries ' domestic policies , as was indicated by UK experience during most of the 1970s and the late 1980s . |
| 17 | But while dealing with one of their biggest cases , the local branch of the RSPCA has still had to cope with all the day to day demands on their time . |
| 18 | He has still tried to clear it into Washington Road but failed . |
| 19 | As will be elaborated now in further contexts , it appears that the underlying reality to such difficulties was , and remains a complex contradiction which the catholic — nationalist alliance has still failed to solve . |
| 20 | I have , however , seen an advance copy of the report , which makes it clear that Libya has still failed to comply with resolution 731 . |
| 21 | So anyone who kept their shares has had one hell of a ride and has still multiplied their investment 15 times , at least . |
| 22 | Inheritable property has still tended to go to the eldest son . |
| 23 | Once a patient has convinced himself that he has still got NSU , it is very difficult to persuade him that all the symptoms he complains of are in fact perfectly normal . |
| 24 | I think he has still got them to this day , ’ says his father . |
| 25 | ‘ Linford has still got another gear left in him , even after that race . |
| 26 | Even when she has selected a place and a time , the female cuckoo has still got the problem of introducing her egg into the host 's nest in such a way that it wo n't be rejected . |
| 27 | ‘ But as far as we know , she is still mechanically fine and she has still got some running life which is why she will be touring the preserved railways . ’ |
| 28 | Donald has still got his microphone here and he wants to hear what everybody 's got to say . |
| 29 | Pale , cold , clammy , yes , this is the opposite , you 've got all the signs and symptoms here of a stroke , now if , this could go on with and erm if somebody , if something is n't done very quickly with this compression the person has still got this bleed , or clot in the head and eventually they just kind of all come up into the foetus position , literally all goes spastic , all these spastic movements right , you finished writing ? |
| 30 | I could do with the company and Mrs Manners has still got enough turkey to feed the third world and the poor Albanians . |