Example sentences of "[pron] [is] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought she was never going to stop until I heard a woman say , ‘ I see 'er 's still showin' off . ’ |
| 2 | No discussion of tribunals can ignore the impact of the Report of the Franks Committee , which is still viewed as laying down the ground rules for the operation of tribunals . |
| 3 | A further unforeseen difficulty for schools doing any kind of agricultural work has been the widespread drought of the mid-1980s , which is still affecting some parts of the country . |
| 4 | Among the arguments that had to be considered in connection with any privatisation was that the Systems division would have to compete immediately in a very competitive field , unlike the mobile business , which is still developing . |
| 5 | As in France and the UK , the number of consumers affected by water supplies with high nitrate levels is falling , but not the number of contaminated sources which is still rising in some regions . |
| 6 | Will he also tell us when he expects the nuclear levy , which is still rising , to start to fall in the light of this morning 's results from Nuclear Electric ? |
| 7 | In solid waste , 75% of which is still handled by local municipalities , two giants lead the private sector , Waste Management and Browning-Ferris . |
| 8 | The rise in recorded offences in many parts of the Western world in the first half of the nineteenth century played an important role in the original formulation of this belief , which is still accepted by many scholars . |
| 9 | During the last few years , we have begun to learn something of these mothers ' true feelings from the women who suffered the regime at first hand : what stands out in such accounts is the emotion which is still generated in the mother by her own memories . |
| 10 | It was a very educational day , but extremely harrowing afternoon , which is still living with me . |
| 11 | At that time , John , Baron Russell , the first Earl of Bedford , who was an advisor to King Henry VIII — also executor — lived in a mansion house called ‘ Corney House ’ which was situated along that part of the river frontage at Chiswick which is still referred to as ‘ Corney Reach ’ , although the house itself was demolished in 1532 . |
| 12 | The Children Act 1989 is likely to require much more account to be taken of the children 's views and those of their parents and other interested parties , but it is a process which is still seen as difficult , and is less frequently carried out than is desirable . |
| 13 | What we see today are mere shadows of their former selves and I shall be discussing later a number of these — Hull Fair which is now purely a funfair , the revived Masham Sheep Fair , the dying horse fairs at Lee Gap and Boroughbridge , and Yarm which is still proclaimed and has its high street occupied at one end by the showmen and the other by the gipsies . |
| 14 | The condition of the liver transplant patient Mrs Aisling Barnett has improved since she was given a Japanese drug , which is still undergoing clinical trials , to stop her body rejecting her new liver . |
| 15 | Close to the mill is a large and attractive half-timbered mill house , which is still inhabited , as well as a substantial dove cote , dated 1741 , which stands taller than the mill itself . |
| 16 | The castle walls surround the medieval town , which is still inhabited as it has been for hundreds of years . |
| 17 | Bothwell carried Mary off again , this time to Borthwick castle , a dark tower house in Midlothian south of Edinburgh which is still inhabited today . |
| 18 | In the Wheldrake Ings account book for 1868–1934 , it is specified that the meadows be mown on the dates appointed by the Ings masters , and that thereafter a carefully controlled number of cattle , branded with a W , may be pastured until the autumn , when they are taken off on ‘ Ings Breaking Day ’ , a custom which is still observed . |
| 19 | It is a complicated saga which is still unravelling , with the former parent company , Alan Paul , now in liquidation . |
| 20 | This book established Kitto as a writer , and in the following years , he wrote a number of books — many of them based on the Scripture , including the work which is still regarded as the best of its kind , Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature . |
| 21 | One of the most far reaching developments of recent years , which is still influencing and affecting schools today , came from Education in Schools , a consultative document . |
| 22 | The people in the photograph in the I ‘ –3()s saw the start of another great change which is still happening today . |
| 23 | The exception had become the rule ; nearly half the counties had lost their largest urban centres ; the division between rural and urban local government had hardened in a form which caused controversy for nearly a century , and which is still reflected in the current structure ( Hampton 1966:464 — 5 ) . |
| 24 | They brought with them a number of French country traditions , such as the boucherie ( preserving hogs by a process of salting and smoking ) , a tradition which is still continued today . |
| 25 | And the ones that are below target funnily enough , are productivity , which is still measured , and I do n't agree with that . |
| 26 | A WHITE daffodil with a long cup , which is still awaiting a name and which was raised by Mr Clive Postle , has won the prize for best bloom at this week 's Westminster Flower Show of the Royal Horticultural Society . |
| 27 | Uncertainty about the safety of the deep repository has implications for the Thorp project , which is still awaiting permission to start operations from HM Inspectorate of Pollution . |
| 28 | The tie lines are so congested it is n't true , especially with accounts being at Stansted and apparently there has been a proposal in since last March with all the costings and everything which is still waiting on an answer for improved lines which would actually take some of the computer lines and everything . |
| 29 | The charge of indoctrination has been regularly levelled against it with great force , especially because of the holding of assemblies for worship which is still required by law . |
| 30 | We 've also got the Police and Fire service as well and water and drainage which is still provided by local authorities . |