Example sentences of "still a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are still a few speeches in Greenaway 's house-style of inert paradox and cod worldliness — notably a digression by the Cook ( Richard Bohringer ) about black food and the price structure of restaurant meals — but the story , for better or worse , stands relatively clear of verbiage . |
| 2 | Still a few sea bass here , though they 're so delicious that they hardly have time to freeze . |
| 3 | We have yet to experience any hard frosts , so autumn leaves still cling to branches and there are still a few flowers of white dead nettle , red campion and yarrow to attract the last of the drone flies . |
| 4 | It brings out the old policies of Enoch Powell way back and there are still a few Powellites in the Tory party . |
| 5 | There were still a few grains of corn left . |
| 6 | I 'm glad to say that tickets for the rock and roll evening are going well although there are still a few left for late bookers |
| 7 | This was formerly the ceramic market and there are still a few potters ' stalls at the far end near Charles Bridge . |
| 8 | Sandison could not be sure how much Maidstone had had to drink that day — it was still a few minutes before noon — but he knew that he was sober enough to understand fully what was going on . |
| 9 | With eleven children leaving to go to ‘ big school ’ there are still a few places available for next term . |
| 10 | There are still a few in New Zealand but numbers there are now very low , and the Belted variety is more popular than the standard black . |
| 11 | If it is still more important to you to enjoy your fishing , using methods and approaches more akin to your liking , than it is to catch big fish at the cost of a great deal of enjoyment , then there are still a few waters where you can use ‘ classic ’ tactics . |
| 12 | Despite all this crafty programming , there are still a few rough edges that need to be shaved off the system . |
| 13 | There were still a few small debts , persistent agents , forlorn hopes , who pestered Rab , who — on wise advice , another cheat — would only pay the house insurance . |
| 14 | And of course there were still a few who would never have dreamt of asking themselves whether they could afford anything , with the attitude to money of an Algernon Moncrieff . |
| 15 | There are still a few , knowing they have no chance of winning , who enter just for ‘ fun ’ and the feeling of achievement which carrying fifty kilos of coal over an uphill 1,000 metre course can bring . |
| 16 | This rude awakening was , however , still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined . |
| 17 | THERE are still a few places left on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land which Marie Stormont is organising on behalf of the Tour Company . |
| 18 | There were still a few funeral directors within a thirty-mile radius I had not , as yet , contacted . |
| 19 | Someone had managed to light a fire there at some time , though , because there were still a few damp ashes . |
| 20 | There are still a few left . |
| 21 | There are still a few of this dying breed around . |
| 22 | ‘ There are still a few things to sort out . |
| 23 | Mountain goats have to keep alert , for although the mountains have less predators , there are still a few potentially dangerous ones about . |
| 24 | AS THE END of the 1992 airshow season rapidly approaches , there are still a few events worthy of a visit before winter and the withdrawal symptoms set in ! |
| 25 | Newell admits that there are still a few things that the software can not do — in particular it does not handle the dynamic marks that define volume , or tempo markings . |
| 26 | Why do n't you go , there are still a few left . |
| 27 | It felt strange now , but there were still a few shops that seemed familiar . |
| 28 | I think actually , there are still a few erm male only Burns suppers . |
| 29 | He stuck one thumb out when the car was still a few hundred yards away . |
| 30 | However , there are still a few lenders who will consider 100 per cent of the property 's purchase price . |