Example sentences of "[coord] it is still " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naipaul 's Caribbean country has been looted and exploited in the past , and it is still being looted and exploited . |
| 2 | Now it is standing at a huge sum , growing rapidly , and it is still not going where it is needed ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Interest rates are in the driving seat for the time being and it is still too early to buy , ’ says Mr Tora . |
| 4 | Speaking to Christian supporters in east Beirut , General Aoun reminded the deputies in Taif that ‘ a war has erupted to liberate Lebanon and it is still on and it will continue until it achieves its goals ’ . |
| 5 | It is fifty years since this ‘ temporary ’ RAF station became operational — and it is still in use . |
| 6 | A thoroughly satisfying breakfast follows the post-mortem of the exercise , and it is still only 0530 hours ! |
| 7 | An epidemic this winter — and it is still questionable whether we will have one — would trigger heavy demand for vaccine next year . |
| 8 | From this same quarry the longest bridge in Cornwall was built across the Camel at Wadebridge in 1485 , and it is still going strong . |
| 9 | They do , and it is still a quest worth becoming a question : ‘ Where is he ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We have come to the end of that chapter , they have spent the money , sold off the assets , squeezed the public services , cut the training , tossed everything they possibly can out of the boat , and it is still sinking . |
| 11 | The economy is very difficult and it is still hard to break the old system . ’ |
| 12 | A few plants are associated with historical lore such as the pink convolvulus or sea bindweed ( Calystegia soldanella ) , which is called ‘ the Prince 's flower ’ , because it was said to have been originally sown by Prince Charles in 1745 when he landed in Eriskay , and it is still growing on that island . |
| 13 | And it is still only 1922 . |
| 14 | Today it has risen by more than twenty years , to 72 for men and 77 for women , and it is still rising . |
| 15 | Dichloro-diphenyl trichlorethane , dicophane or DDT , was the first really specific agent to become available and it is still effective against the adult lice , although there is evidence of the development of resistance . |
| 16 | The Newport bridge was built in 1906 , the second of the British transporter bridges , and it is still used . |
| 17 | That little Chinese painting in its neat black and gold frame and with Seto More 's inscription and ‘ chop ’ on the back has hung on our walls in many parts of the world ever since and it is still admired here in England . |
| 18 | And it is still a curiosity that the broad sense seems to be practically confined to the work of Scaevola . |
| 19 | It was to be the source of seemingly endless conflict for centuries to come , and it is still the greatest of all impediments to human progress . |
| 20 | It was with Otto at the Lechfeld in 955 , and it is still among that part of the imperial treasures which is preserved at Vienna . |
| 21 | This is especially noticeable at cocktail and dinner parties , and it is still not unusual for the ladies to move to a separate room after dinner . |
| 22 | The island has always been predominantly Roman Catholic , ever since the days of the first settlers , and it is still so today . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Outside the capital , gigs are rarer , and it is still barely possible to earn a proper living . |
| 25 | The bond between mother and daughter in Russia is a very strong one and it is still very common for a family of three generations to live together . |
| 26 | By the late 80s , this figure had spiralled to more than 50% of all marriages — and it is still rising . |
| 27 | A successful corporate financier needs to be more commercial , more extrovert and more ambitious than the average number cruncher , with leadership skills for when he — and it is still very much a male preserve — heads a team . |
| 28 | I am now 70 years of age and whilst my hair still grows quickly in length , it is getting thin on the scalp and it is still fine , flyaway and dry . |
| 29 | It made the ground and it is still making the sky . |
| 30 | That was our case and it is still our case . |