Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it [is] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stepping has always been a feature of this particular village and it is still practised to a certain extent today . |
| 2 | With advances in electronic control and programming , and also possibly in operator programming skill , it is likely that in future it will be feasible for many operators to program the next job on the machine while it is still cutting the present piece . |
| 3 | But there has been endless comment by members of the Labour Party leadership as well as others about the outcome of the election and it is still going on . |
| 4 | HAVING vague recollection from reading accounts of English milords on the Grand Tour in the 18th century that there was a nourishing fake industry around the Mediterranean , I was intrigued to learn from Oxford 's Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art that it is still going . |
| 5 | Most of it is covered in water but it 's still called Earth . |
| 6 | It is possible for a river to reach grade and to start to form a floodplain while it is still transporting coarse material over a comparatively steep gradient . |
| 7 | It made the ground and it is still making the sky . |
| 8 | Unguarded pto shafts , clearing machinery while it is still running , failing to switch off engines , and removing fallen and hung-up trees still exact their toll on the lives of our workforce . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll take you up on that offer of a bed if it 's still going . ’ |
| 10 | The former policy makes more sense since it is still promise that is being sold on . |
| 11 | Race officials decided not to award McLeod-Wright the second cup , The Journal Trophy , outright after his sixth win and it is still presented to the winner at Newcastle 's Civic Centre each year . |
| 12 | ‘ I went to read his Vico and it 's still crammed with his manuscript notes , bursting with them , between every page . |
| 13 | Also , company 1 , by focusing on decreasing margins through time , rather than the fact that it is still earning better margins than a rival , may be ‘ bearish ’ and let company 2 get established in the market too easily . |