Example sentences of "it [is] still [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's still due to close in the nineteen nineties . |
| 2 | that if you 're working on a floppy drive it 's still better to have your log drive as a hard drive . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll do that anyway , but it 's still better to have the tide with you . ’ |
| 4 | For instance , it 's still better to fit body linings ( kerfing ) , struts and soundhole rosettes in the old-fashioned way , and Yamaha are n't about to argue with such traditions . |
| 5 | But it 's still useful to discover short-cuts or be given practical tips . |
| 6 | And it 's still all flying apart . ’ |
| 7 | But it 's still nice to go out and enjoy myself . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought we played better against Blackpool and lost but it 's still nice to get three points . |
| 9 | Mm , that 's right , I mean that 's what , sort of people like Harrison sort of were saying , is that , it , it 's still rational to move , even in the presence of very high , very high unemployment . |
| 10 | But it 's still best to remove the temptation here . |
| 11 | It 's still rare to find women artists making it to the top . |
| 12 | If it 's still possible to book erm , two doubles and a twin for this weekend or are you booked up ? |
| 13 | Guaranteed income bonds from insurance companies are one answer and it 's still possible to get a good return despite recent cuts . |
| 14 | If it is difficult now to concur with the Bioscope reviewer 's judgement that the film ‘ surpasses in technical achievement anything of its kind ever made in Britain , and at times soars to heights of directorial brilliance ’ , it 's still possible to understand how an audience that had been accustomed only to silent films might warm to the various acts on display . |
| 15 | It 's still possible to grow good primulas in well-drained soil , but shade , plenty of organic matter and regular watering are even more essential . |
| 16 | It 's still hard to know whether I 've saved them all , but at least I know I 've done my best . |
| 17 | I suppose she 's old enough and that , but it 's still hard to believe . |
| 18 | The great thing about library music is that it is fairly non-commital : you can go in all kinds of directions and you 're asked to provide music in a certain style , which may not be the sort of thing you would do naturally , but it 's still enjoyable to do . |
| 19 | This motion is about Labour Party accountability to our own union members and not about our accountability to a handful of M Ps , so whatever the result of the er particular , er Labour Party links debate we 've just had , it 's still important to consider the practical er effects of the link we have with the Labour Party locally . |
| 20 | Even if you 're feeling sick or perhaps you just are n't thirsty or hungry after London , it 's still wise to put a little back into that body of yours . |
| 21 | I , I think so , because oh it 's still difficult to interpret Dickie 's stipulations sometimes , but he was waving his hands towards the scorer . |
| 22 | At present , it 's still safe to lift one 's eyes to the hills in that quarter . |
| 23 | But it 's still able to undercut the CRX by a useful margin . |
| 24 | In the aquarium its roots provide shelter for new-born livebearers and if it grows too rampantly , it 's still easier to prune it in your tank than in a huge lake … |
| 25 | However , bearing these caveats in mind , it is still reasonable to expect children to have made demonstrable progress along the developmental path when they reach key stages in the education system . |
| 26 | This said , it is still possible to assess proposed solutions on a common-sense basis . |
| 27 | A decade or three back , when most of us could visit most countries without a visa , there was little expectation that this would prove a high water mark and that restrictions would steadily increase , but we may not be able to assume that the freedom to dial direct to distant countries will continue to increase : Egypt has cut direct-dial telephone links with Pakistan , Afghanistan , Iraq , Sudan and Iran to make it harder for Moslem militant leaders in exile to communicate with groups at home and organise terrorist attacks , the Al-Akhbar newspaper reports ; it is still possible to call via an operator . |
| 28 | Six months on from ICL 's decision to introduce a no smoking at work policy at its Reading office block , it is still possible to indulge in an on-site nicotine fix . |
| 29 | Moreover if a topic does not happen to have the ontological status ascribed to it , it is still possible to refer to it identifyingly qua topic with the phrase " the same A " . |
| 30 | It is still possible to refer to the common law position . |