Example sentences of "[be] still [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These people [ the Brazilian Indians ] are wild [ sauvage ] in the same way as we say that fruits are wild , when nature has produced them by herself in her ordinary way … they are still very close to their original simplicity … they are still governed by natural laws and very little corrupted by our own " .1 |
| 2 | Whatever the facts may be the Crabb affair , even after more than 30 years , remains intensely embarrassing and many important documents relating to the incident are still withheld from public scrutiny . |
| 3 | We should not forget the general point that , in many communities where religious affiliation plays no part in political decisions , the clergy are still seen as leading figures who can be called upon to lead and organize activities outside the narrow remit of religion . |
| 4 | Erm anybody who 's who 's interested erm if you 'd like to ask for a leaflet aft at the end of the session because the main thing is that you do have to take advantage of this while you are still employed in reckonable service . |
| 5 | According to their figures only 19% of those who start work as clerks are still employed in clerical work by the time that they are 30 . |
| 6 | In any event , points out Gibbons , if the pool price rises sharply , as many predict , they are still faced with major discontinuity in very difficult economic conditions . |
| 7 | Yet despite nearly 150 years of Western contact Japanese people are still regarded by non-Japanese as group-oriented , lacking individualism and prone to authoritarianism . |
| 8 | Surprisingly , about a quarter of the country 's dogs are still fed on raw meat or scraps . |
| 9 | Both are still locked in commercial combat over the lucrative contract to refit Britain 's Trident submarine fleet . |
| 10 | How come the V&A 's lift signs are still made of black chipboard with white plastic letters that drop off at regular intervals ? |
| 11 | A note of the fact that they have started out equally separated from each other , are now marching in parallel straight lines , and we need to check later that they are still separated by equal distances and still going in the same direction . |
| 12 | Attitudes in the media are slowly changing , but we are still presented with stereotyped images of older people . |
| 13 | It has sometimes been argued that marine erosion is not active at present because raised beaches are still preserved on exposed parts of the coast , e.g. on Gower in South Wales and at Brighton . |
| 14 | Everyone planning to start a baby should check with their doctor that they are still protected against German Measles . |
| 15 | Such anxieties are still informed by nineteenth-century pseudo-scientific genetic and biological explanations of racial difference and comprise distortion , fantasy and myth . |
| 16 | Some small subsidies are still paid on non-profit-making routes , and companies such as Red Rover Buses of Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire , now operate a limited number of routes in local areas to meet local needs . |
| 17 | This is only 8 per cent of total Volvo car production worldwide , and five times more cars are still assembled on traditional lines at Gothenburg . |
| 18 | However , these substages are still described in psychological terms . |
| 19 | The pattern of shareholding in companies is changing rapidly , with a declining role for individuals , but even so , Scott has shown ( 1985 , p. 77 ) that 43 out of the top 250 British firms are still controlled through personal shareholding . |
| 20 | In theory , all Japanese drift-netters are still restricted to 12-km nets , with a mesh size of 150 mm ( 6 inches ) , but in practice this regulation has been completely ignored , and the high seas drift-net fleets operate with nets of up to 50 or 60 km ( about 31 or 40 miles ) , and with a range of mesh sizes , as small as 80 mm ( 3.2 inches ) . |
| 21 | Ing C Olivetti & Co and the Acer Group have already debuted their ACE boxes , and further machines are still expected from other ARC kit customers , including one who 's a UniSoft client . |
| 22 | Hunting designs are still produced by Persian workshop groups , particularly Kashan and Tabriz , but are now mainly found on items from India and Pakistan . |
| 23 | In the second phase they tend to be more regional , although they are still dispersed over considerable distances , up to 200 km apart . |
| 24 | Almost half of all workers are still left without occupational coverage , and , for some of those who do gain an occupational pension , the value is often small ( Occupational Pension Schemes , 1983 , table 3.3 ) . |
| 25 | The opening up of broadcasting has developed across thirty years , but we are still left with huge room for improvement . |
| 26 | We do not disagree that the financial health of the NHS requires attention , but it is also true that the NHS is caught in a gridlock of unevaluated and inefficient practice in which most major policy decisions are still left to individual clinicians ; this situation requires urgent attention . |
| 27 | Political opponents continue to be arbitrarily arrested ; the death sentence against Salman Rushdie has not been lifted ; at least 13 western hostages ( six Americans , five Britons and two Germans ) are still held by pro-Iranian kidnappers in Lebanon . |
| 28 | These four distinct types of dancer are still found in twentieth-century ballet companies . |
| 29 | Some animals are still caught in African game reserves and also those in South America and Asia . |
| 30 | Digital Equipment Corp is having problems getting its Alpha 3000/500 RISC machines into Poland because export licences are still required for high-performance RISC technology under CoCom regulations : but as there are not any fully-working Polish language applications , there are n't many takers in the country anyway . |