Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] still " in BNC.

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1 In the UK , there is no vaccine licensed for use in its prevention , but a vaccine is used , I believe , in New Zealand and some other countries where it is still a relatively common disease .
2 Stones were also set up along the Great North Road in 1708 , but the first true milestone to be set up in Britain since Roman times was that at Trumpington , just outside Cambridge , in 1727 , where it is still to be seen .
3 Underground activity generally causes fewer headaches in countries like the the US , UK , Canada and Australia where it is still under 15 per cent of all economic activity .
4 somewhere in Mexico , the central part of it where it 's still falling to bits and
5 Although it is still legal to resort to the matches this season , provided the job is done properly , a late harvest followed by a wet autumn could come as a nasty reminder that cereal-growing is not the doddle many would have us believe .
6 Under the present director , Geoffrey Morgan , a soft-spoken Welshman whose main outside interest is silkworms , the list of names has moved away from the Reform Club and further out into Middle England , although it is still a very long way short of representing a cross-section of the population .
7 Although it is still early in the Finn selection battle , Childerley already has easily the best record .
8 ESD has potential , manufacturing should recover and there is no reason to suppose Farnell should not be successful in Germany , although it is still early days .
9 The stone floor is now mainly used for storage for the baking business that is still carried on there , although it is still home for a new and completely unused mill stone .
10 Pupitres were adapted from these structures , although it is still uncertain who first employed them commercially for remuage .
11 REM are back after a period of self-imposed reinvention , and ‘ Out Of Time ’ is easily their most eclectic and wildly inspired album yet , although it is still very identifiably REM — a brand new book from a familiar author .
12 In Spain , Housman Overseas is no longer active in the Costa del Sol , although it is still dealing with the Costa Blanca .
13 Although it is still not clear how much we actually raised , initial indications are for a figure in excess of £3,000 , which is superb .
14 The electron density observed in the ligand-binding pocket of A2U is different in shape , located closer to one side of the barrel and slightly less deep in the binding pocket than in MUP ( Fig. 3 ) , although it is still consistent with the size and shape of a number of pheromones .
15 Consequently there has been a marked fall in recruitment since 1964 — although it is still not enough on its own to create a shortage of labour — and this is contributing to the ageing labour force .
16 The scope of day and domiciliary care has grown sharply in recent years , although it is still woefully inadequate in relation to the demand for services , particularly the home help service .
17 Service teams should comprise people from different professional backgrounds , although it is still not uncommon to come across teams called ‘ community mental health teams ’ which consist entirely of nurses from the health service or of social workers from the local authority .
18 As we have seen , this approach became less dominant in the second half of the 1980s , although it is still there as a card to be played should political problems necessitate it .
19 Although it is still popularly assumed that men are more prone to fall prey to the ravages of ‘ burnout ’ due to overwork and unhealthy lifestyle , all the evidence now points to women , especially aged between 35 and 50 , as today 's prime targets of stress .
20 The anti-nuclear movement grew throughout the 1980s ; nationalist and separatist movements have revived , for example in Scotland and Quebec ; the women 's movement has had an increasing influence , although it is still far from accomplishing its larger aims ; and ecology movements have become widespread and more influential .
21 ‘ Technical and management committees are being formed , although it is still too early to talk about the detail of the programmes . ’
22 Although it is still possible that subjects ’ perceptions of the tasks could have been altered by the different exemplars of a junction that were viewed in the different experiments , it does not appear that the subset of 24 were unrepresentative of the full 60 .
23 Although it is still true that most dollar eurobonds are held by non-US residents , US residents now form an important group .
24 Right , although it is still a car , it 's , it has different attributes .
25 Although it is still early days Mr Singleton is happy with his diversification .
26 Out with the toolkit , some minor surgery and the cable now connects perfectly although it 's still too short to allow the tablet to go anywhere other than on the right or directly behind the Spectrum .
27 World travel market attended , the club promotion , although it 's still running , has n't been very successful , over four hundred bed nights into the campaign , as a result of that short running promotion .
28 Jordan is now expected to press Asian governments to act more vigorously to help repatriate their nationals , meanwhile reports that Iran is willing to open its border with Iraq to refugees , have been greeted with relief here , although it 's still not clear whether the Baghdad authorities will cooperate with this .
29 But they do admit that it 's still more often than not a case of all talk and no action when boys discuss sex in the playground .
30 You know they sleep with both eyes open and a rifle under the pillow-not to mention the fact that it 's still lambing season and most of them will be up all night !
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