Example sentences of "[vb pp] is still [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The room where the deed was done is still shown to visitors .
2 Although the precise nature of the economic change the railways wrought is still debated , their impact can not be gainsaid .
3 It is developed from an eastern world view , and each of the postures adopted is still used in the East to invoke various deities .
4 Though the subjects available as part of law degree courses have increased enormously in range in recent years , the balance of courses offered is still weighted considerably in favour of ‘ practical ’ subjects reflecting traditional private law concepts of property rather than the ‘ new property ’ in the many entitlements deriving from the public law that regulates the welfare state ( Abel , 1982 ; Zander , 1978 ) .
5 Although an increasing range of clinical applications are being found , the range of actual ceramics used is still limited ( Table 1 ) .
6 Gary as he 's called is still trained by the Pitmans on the Lambourn Downs …
7 It did more for Denby Dale than for George III as he soon went into a decline , but the tradition then started is still going strong , with the pies getting bigger in size every time .
8 The consensus that I have described is still enshrined in legislation .
9 Native speakers of English typically use " have " in the present tense ( as in these two examples ) only when they want to imply that the event described is still happening or is still the case .
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