Example sentences of "are still the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well known pastas such as spaghetti and lasagne are still the best-selling products . |
| 2 | The whole cone and the pellet , fertilised by that raunchy green devil of a male , are still the preferred versions at home . |
| 3 | Aluminium doors are still the most common ( and the cheapest ) type of patio door . |
| 4 | He does not , however , retract his proposal that the precepts of the imagist manifesto are still the best rules of thumb for ‘ the neophyte ’ , the beginner in his ‘ prentice-work ; and for what it is worth my own experience in the workshop certainly bears that out . |
| 5 | The violet , the green , the red in my collection , they 're all underlined in beige — neutrals are still the foundation and women who ca n't wear strong colours should n't even try . |
| 6 | This approach , putting the music first , explains why Jarvefelt 's career blossomed at Santa Fe and in Sydney and also his appeal for the New York Met : operatic naturalism and story-telling are still the predominant aesthetic in all these places . |
| 7 | The big think-tanks are still the state-financed offshoots of the Soviet Academy of Sciences . |
| 8 | Here , guitars are still the hip young gunslinger 's chosen medium , and a good night out means loud rock and roll and Guinness on tap . |
| 9 | But , despite the much-publicized flirtations of a few aristocrats with the centre parties , the Tories are still the natural home for the landed gentry . |
| 10 | Agriculture and forestry are still the dominant form of land use in Europe and have a significant , even crucial , role in determining the ecological balance . |
| 11 | The Davis 's long association continues , for they are still the owners . |
| 12 | As we enter the 1990s American Express and Thomas Cook are still the world 's largest issuers of travellers cheques , and many savings institutions , travel agents and banks have followed their example , making the travellers cheque readily available . |
| 13 | These are still the central questions , more than ten years after the Great Debate . |
| 14 | Animals are not perfect models for human beings , but they are still the best we have . |
| 15 | While East-West links across the Pennines are not good enough for the modern world , there are still the time-honoured facilitating gaps of Tyne and Aire , now complemented by the M62 . |
| 16 | Glycerophosphates are still the main constituents of the tonics chemists sell , even though there is little theoretical or experimental justification for their wide or extensive use by people who are tired , chronically sick , aged or in poor health . |
| 17 | They are still the foundation of most British cities . |
| 18 | Discounts are still the order of the day , though , and we garnered an easy £2000 discount . |
| 19 | Twenty weeks — twenty months — twenty years — the questions are still the same and they have to be answered . |
| 20 | Although some children may be capable of finding there are the same number of things in two sets ( by matching ) , they may not be at all sure there are still the same number of the objects if one of the sets is differently arranged . |
| 21 | The Médoc was classified as long ago as 1855 , and 5 different classes were identified — which are still the same today , with the single exception that in 1973 Château Mouton Rothschild was upgraded from second growth to first . |
| 22 | I automatically asked Cresta to make the arrangements , they are still the leading specialists . |
| 23 | you do n't need imagination or a calculator to work out that Cresta are still the top Paris specialists . |
| 24 | The patronage of the living and estates passed from Robert de Percy to Whitby Abbey , then through the years to several different families , eventually being sold in 1947 to the Crown estates who are still the owners . |
| 25 | Of course there are other rack-mounting tuners on the market which are probably just as accurate and reliable , but when it comes to professional credibility Peterson Strobe Tuners are still the thing to go for ; even voltage surges and variations in temperature wo n't upset them . |
| 26 | The little black cricket-bat GL model is still my favourite for recording , and the M-series ones are still the main stage guitars . |
| 27 | ‘ To us , they are still the best when it comes to forward play ’ , says Taiwan national coach Jason Lin . |
| 28 | Lightweight Ethyl Vinyl Acetate ( EVA ) or harder wearing compression moulded EVA are still the favoured midsole materials . |
| 29 | Among women of the professional classes especially , individual men are still the focus of potent fantasies . |
| 30 | The firm exports to 75 countries , but the British are still the main buyers . |