Example sentences of "be still [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parables of the kingdom , therefore , are still seen as relevant today by all Christians . |
| 2 | Hopes are still expressed that old manufacturing industries will re-employ all those previously made redundant as soon as the economic recession is over . |
| 3 | Although the clinical signs are abating the bronchi are still inflamed and residual lesions such as bronchial and peribronchial fibrosis may persist for several weeks or months . |
| 4 | If the superpowers are still perceived as dominant , it is for other reasons . |
| 5 | Then , waving aloft a sheaf of papers , he uttered the famous lie that was to catapult him into the limelight for four years : ‘ I have here in my hand a list of 205 names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department . ’ |
| 6 | Words in the 19th century were still viewed as individual items which could be stuck together like bricks to make up sentences . |
| 7 | In India , it is still believed that certain people are able to assume the shape of a manticore , which then circles villages looking for human prey . |
| 8 | Indian culture is still imagined as timeless , forever corresponding to a primitive stage of European history and art history ; but the Indian tradition was both amplified and transformed by contact with the pioneers . |
| 9 | Birmingham is still declaimed as smoky , grimy , unpleasant and philistine . |
| 10 | This is quite patriotic of the poet — Owen then goes on to say that it is quite ironic how the sun woke up the world , started life yet it can not wake up this lifeless man , who is still warmblooded and full-nerved as Owen tell us here : |
| 11 | The Children Act 1989 is likely to require much more account to be taken of the children 's views and those of their parents and other interested parties , but it is a process which is still seen as difficult , and is less frequently carried out than is desirable . |
| 12 | The major problems facing the industry are that the product is still seen as difficult to cook and boring by non-buyers , said Keith Simpson , head of the British Turkey Information Service ( BTIS ) , at the annual turkey industry conference in Norwich yesterday . |
| 13 | Videodisc technology is still evolving and different systems are competing in a market which is still uncertain . |
| 14 | Residential care is still considered as inevitable for many disabled people . |
| 15 | Indeed it was still argued that determined efforts should be made towards monetary union so that eventually a common currency could be issued by a European central bank . |
| 16 | His member was still swollen and purple . |
| 17 | As they drove through , she looked around with great interest but Felipe was still taciturn and moody . |
| 18 | When he came in for the night some hours later he was still agitated and fretting . |
| 19 | Setting out into the desert was still regarded as important . |
| 20 | His skin was still bruised and sore . |
| 21 | It was still taken as self-evident in even the most up-to-date fiction that being in love normally had only one outcome , marriage . |