Example sentences of "and it is still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Race officials decided not to award McLeod-Wright the second cup , The Journal Trophy , outright after his sixth win and it is still presented to the winner at Newcastle 's Civic Centre each year . |
| 2 | Final configuration and pricing has yet to be finalised , the firm says , and it is still casting around for a name , although Series 200 has been mooted . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Today it has risen by more than twenty years , to 72 for men and 77 for women , and it is still rising . |
| 5 | By the late 80s , this figure had spiralled to more than 50% of all marriages — and it is still rising . |
| 6 | From this same quarry the longest bridge in Cornwall was built across the Camel at Wadebridge in 1485 , and it is still going strong . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It appears as the instrumental introduction ( and two instrumental interludes ) , it comes four times in each of the two choruses , and it is still going when the song fades out . |
| 9 | Fish is very popular and it is still preserved and smoked by traditional methods . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Stepping has always been a feature of this particular village and it is still practised to a certain extent today . |
| 12 | A decade later and it is still tackling the controversial issues and delighting its loyal audience . |
| 13 | And it is still considered the most terrifying experience of many people 's lives . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Newport bridge was built in 1906 , the second of the British transporter bridges , and it is still used . |
| 16 | Wassailing was originally probably a Roman fertility rite to praise and encourage Pomona , the goddess of fruit trees , and it is still carried out in parts of the UK on Twelfth Night to ensure a good crop of apples the following year . |
| 17 | It made the ground and it is still making the sky . |