Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously the indicated similar remedy is still chosen on the same principles as before but choice of potency , up to now our main variable factor for controlling the response to the remedy , is not such an issue when using the LM 's . |
| 2 | The Association is still flourishing . |
| 3 | The Association is still reeling from the news of the unexpected death of its chief executive and secretary Andrew Sansom at the end of November . |
| 4 | The speed is still going up , the acceleration , and eventually it reaches a top speed and it stays there . |
| 5 | I think we 'd all like to see a highlights programme the same night as the match , when emotion is still running high . |
| 6 | And in the depths of the forest , the humming is still strong , and the wind is still swirling all about us , and something is stirring , something that is so strong and so purely magical that no one has ever been able to resist it … |
| 7 | ( A very similar evolutionary typology is still employed today , as we shall see , by one school of contemporary American anthropologists . ) |
| 8 | However , a loss is still sustained , even if the bill is held to maturity and not sold . |
| 9 | In such a case the only way to make sense of the rule that the buyer must bear the loss is still to make him pay whilst allowing him to take whatever remains of the goods . |
| 10 | ‘ I like to think my experience is a vital factor in midfield because obviously the side is still developing with the introduction of new players . |
| 11 | I help him ; we lift the rusting grating up at one end but the far side is still secured by an iron pin and we ca n't shift it any further . |
| 12 | He was a member of the only Hatters team ever to play in an FA Cup Final at Wembley — that 1959 side is still talked about in the pubs and clubs of Luton , its players accorded folk hero status . |
| 13 | Environmental Services are keeping and still recruiting the best people and the result is still reflected by our peers and the country 's opinion formers . |
| 14 | The same concoction is still used today for treatment of dropsy , a disease where excess fluid collects in the body tissues . |
| 15 | The Inland Revenue is still rejecting my claim for a deduction in respect of the training expenses of a driving instructor with the British School of Motoring incurred prior to his beginning his trade ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November 1992 , p 81 ) . |
| 16 | He would seem to have touched a power chord — what was predicted as a two-week movie is still drawing in American crowds for , reportedly , fourth visits . |
| 17 | Labour MP Miss Hilary Armstrong and the Liberal Mr Matthew Taylor have already agreed to speak , but a reply is still awaited from the Conservatives , says Mrs Robinson , who wants to put Darlington 's political contenders in the hot seat with a similar local meeting . |
| 18 | From the outside , it may look like a static heap of boiler slag , but it 's still very much alive , and mobile lava is still arriving deep within it and pushing forward . |
| 19 | But I wo n't make love to you while your mind 's still closed to me , Shannon Lea . ’ |
| 20 | The mill pond is still maintained in good order although it is smaller , formerly extending right up to the back wall . |
| 21 | Although III/V substances such as GaAs and InGaAs are increasingly being used commercially , their usefulness is still constrained by what is known as final passivation — the last layer of the IC structure which protects the works against mechanical shocks and contamination ( for instance by water ) , and also provides electrical isolation . |
| 22 | Talk 's still needed , of course , so I say , ‘ This was a different man , pappy . |
| 23 | car 's still parked on the drive outside ! |
| 24 | HQ is still waiting for your report , Trumper . ’ |
| 25 | This sparked off talk of a tunnel leading to Burghley House where a mythical monastery founded in 1158 by William Waterville was supposed to have stood ( this monastery is still cited in the Burghley House guide book ) . |
| 26 | Yet a surprisingly large proportion of market research is still based on the spending patterns of the baby boomers ' parents , and so implicitly assumes that they are all but identical . |
| 27 | Research is still required to show how they were directed ; but Fetis reports that Bambini 's son played the harpsichord . |
| 28 | I mean , the research is still going on . |
| 29 | Urgent research is still needed to achieve this . |
| 30 | Although HIV has brought about a greater degree of openness in sexual matters , more research is still needed on sexual behaviour to help target prevention messages and identify who is at risk . |