Example sentences of "[pron] still [verb] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably the finest surviving instance of a fortified town is at Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber , which still retains its picturesque walls and towers . |
| 2 | Eusebio played that night , and again when United beat Benfica at Wembley two years later to lift the European Cup and enshrine a friendship between the two clubs which still leaves its mark in Lisbon . |
| 3 | They were supported by the press lord , Beaverbrook , and the combination of the Daily Worker and Daily Express created a unique political movement which still awaits its historian . |
| 4 | We still hear its voice ; but all we can see is a bare wooden perch . |
| 5 | It still had its pepper trade and the factories in India at Surat and Madras , and at Bantam in the East Indies , with a number of smaller bases , and it was beginning to look for new opportunities . |
| 6 | Fortunately it still had its fields in the north , with their pipeline systems leading to Turkey and Syria . |
| 7 | Nevertheless it still had its American critics who asked what was really meant by the general references to aid programmes and to the use of American forces at the request of Middle Eastern states against " overt aggression from any nation controlled by International Communism " . |
| 8 | And even when the ark was abandoned , it still left its mark on the science . |
| 9 | Between the feet are the remains of a green parrot — whether immolated or not at the death of his mistress is uncertain — but it still retains its plumage ; it is a far less repulsive-looking object than the larger bi-ped . |
| 10 | Inside the Visitors ' Centre , a beautiful scale model of number 70000 ‘ Britannica ’ built by Mr G Kirkby to a 10¼ inch gauge rested and it still retains its boiler certificate . |
| 11 | Although this postclassical perspective contains some important modifications of the original classical position , it still retains its essential spirit as an explanatory framework . |
| 12 | Interestingly , even if the anemones are removed from the crab 's claws , it still uses its walking legs for feeding . |
| 13 | It still wore its fire-engine red livery . |
| 14 | There is no way of stopping the seeping of water , by every valley and hollow it still finds its way . |
| 15 | It still has its power to fascinate and impress . |
| 16 | The last of those three comments was , it is true , written almost fifteen years ago , long before the more than ‘ adequate ’ gay images of My Beautiful Laundrette or Law of Desire or Torch Song Trilogy , but I think the general point stands : before we stampede to dispense with ‘ identity ’ , let us consider whether it still has its uses as a rallying point for political action . |
| 17 | If the tile has simply slipped out of place but is undamaged ( that is , it still has its hanging ‘ nibs ’ on the back ) , you should be able to slide it back into place after easing up the surrounding tiles under wood wedges . |
| 18 | After this set-back , there were various attempts to rebuild the attitude theory , and it still has its uses . |
| 19 | The small town of Saint-Palais , up the road from Harambels , was once the chief town of French Navarre and it still has its moments architecturally , though it is a little character less overall . |
| 20 | But it still has its compensations . |
| 21 | It apparently remained in continuous use throughout medieval times ; it figures as the main road from Oxford to Banbury in Ogilby 's road-book ( 1675 ) ; it was turnpiked in the eighteenth century and it still follows its original course after some three thousand years . |
| 22 | It still retained its mystery . |